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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Momentus Space Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel Sercel, San Jose, CA (US);
Aaron Mitchell, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
MOMENTUS SPACE LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/26 (2006.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/26 (2013.01); B64G 1/401 (2013.01); B64G 1/406 (2013.01); B64G 1/446 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spacecraft propulsion system comprises two thrusters, each operating in accordance to a corresponding propulsion technique. A controller is configured to direct collected solar energy to heat a propellant for consumption in one of the two thrusters, or to generate electric energy for the other one of the two thrusters.