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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2023

Filed:

May. 25, 2018
Applicant:

Arianegroup Gmbh, Taufkirchen, DE;

Inventor:

Erich Werth, Bremen, DE;

Assignee:

ArianeGroup GmbH, Taufkirchen, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/50 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); F02K 9/64 (2006.01); F02K 9/58 (2006.01); F23R 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/50 (2013.01); B64G 1/401 (2013.01); B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/503 (2013.01); F02K 9/58 (2013.01); F02K 9/64 (2013.01); F23R 3/005 (2013.01); F05D 2240/35 (2013.01); F05D 2260/22141 (2013.01);
Abstract

A heater apparatus configured to provide heat to at least one component of a spacecraft. The heater apparatus comprises a combustion chamber for a hypergolic propellant, and a heat radiator configured to radiate heat from the combustion chamber towards the at least one component to be heated. A spacecraft comprises at least one component to be heated and a heater apparatus configured to heat the at least one component to be heated. A method for heating at least one component of a spacecraft. The method comprises generating heat in a combustion chamber for a hypergolic propellant, and radiating at least a portion of the heat towards the at least one component.


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