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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2024
Filed:
May. 03, 2022
Applicant:
Momentus Space Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Parman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joel Sercel, Lake View Terrace, CA (US);
Mikhail Kokorich, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
James Small, Sonoita, AZ (US);
Nicholas Simon, San Jose, CA (US);
Nathan Orr, San Jose, CA (US);
Samuel Avery, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott Stanley, Northridge, CA (US);
Assignee:
MOMENTUS SPACE LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/54 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/402 (2013.01); B64G 1/24 (2013.01); B64G 1/244 (2019.05); B64G 1/546 (2013.01); B64G 1/641 (2013.01); B64G 1/401 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a method of facilitating flight operations, a payload is coupled to a spacecraft via a payload interface. The relative alignment of the payload and the spacecraft is dynamically adjusted (e.g., for thrust alignment) while the payload remains coupled to the spacecraft.