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Patent No.:

US 11787572 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023

Filed:

May. 10, 2020

Spacecraft stack assembly configured for stacking, securing, and releasing spacecraft

Applicant:

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US);

Inventors:

Andrew C. Thompson, Hebron, CT (US);

Patrick Sodt, Anaheim, CA (US);

Thomas Tarlton, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Robert S. Tarlton, Playa Vista, CA (US);

Michael Dergance, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US);

Attorney:

Polsinelli PC

Primary Examiner:

Brady W Frazier

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/645 (2013.01); B64G 1/007 (2013.01); B64G 1/641 (2013.01); B64G 1/226 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 2001/1092 (2013.01); B64G 2001/643 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for securing spacecraft to a rocket and deploying the spacecraft into orbit includes a stack having a plurality of spacecraft arranged in layers, with each spacecraft being releasably mated with at least one spacecraft in an adjacent layer, and at least one hold down and deploy assembly configured to, in a first configuration, secure the layers of the stack together and secure the entire stack to the rocket, and, in a second configuration, release the entire stack from the rocket into orbit such that the layers passively separate.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thompson, Andrew. (2023). Spacecraft stack assembly configured for stacking, securing, and releasing spacecraft (U.S. Patent No. 11787572). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11787572

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