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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2020
Applicant:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Richard P. Welle, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/641 (2013.01); B64G 1/1085 (2013.01); B64G 2001/643 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a satellite in the form of a plate having a thickness being smaller than a width of the satellite. The apparatus also includes a plurality of contact points distributed on a face of the satellite, allowing for one or more additional satellites to be stacked upon the satellite.