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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Space Systems/loral, Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Gordon Wu, Lafayette, CO (US);
Maria Eugenia Torres, San Francisco, CA (US);
Diego A. Melani, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeff Aaron Baldwin, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Marlow, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Space Systems/Loral, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/26 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/007 (2013.01); B64G 1/26 (2013.01); B64G 1/405 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spacecraft includes a propulsion system including an inert gas stored in a set of pressurant tanks, one or more electric thrusters operable with the inert gas, one or more cold gas thrusters operable with the inert gas; and a pneumatic arrangement including commandable valves.