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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Blue Origin, Llc, Kent, WA (US);
Inventors:
Douglas Lewis Grose, Auburn, WA (US);
Sean Robert Findlay, Mercer Island, WA (US);
John Michael Sanders, Sammamish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Origin, LLC, Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2013.01); B64G 1/401 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for vertically landing space vehicles are described herein. In one embodiment, a reusable space vehicle lands in a vertical, nose-up orientation by engaging a system of cables suspended from an elevated framework during a controlled descent.