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Patent No.:

US 11878820 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024

Filed:

May. 10, 2020

Method for stacking, securing, and releasing a spacecraft stack assembly from a rocket

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);

Solomon Westerman, Redmond, WA (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 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/645 (2013.01); B64G 1/2427 (2023.08); B64G 1/641 (2013.01); B64G 1/223 (2023.08); B64G 1/226 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 1/643 (2023.08);
Abstract

A method of releasing spacecraft from a rocket includes arranging spacecraft in a stack on a rocket, launching the rocket until it attains orbital velocity, imposing a flat spin on the rocket, and releasing the entire stack from the rocket during the flat spin. In one aspect, the method includes applying a compressive load along a length of the stack, launching the rocket until it attains orbital velocity, imposing a flat spin on the rocket, and releasing the compressive load to allow the entire stack to separate from the rocket during the flat spin.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Thompson, Andrew. (2024). Method for stacking, securing, and releasing a spacecraft stack assembly from a rocket (U.S. Patent No. 11878820). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11878820

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