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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2021
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO (US);
Gordon Wu, Lafayette, CO (US);
Derek Chan, Boulder, CO (US);
Christopher Lao, Boulder, CO (US);
Clifford Lester, Boulder, CO (US);
BAE SYSTEMS SPACE & MISSION SYSTEMS INC., Broomfield, CO (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a spacecraft are provided. The spacecraft includes a main structural member that extends between end panels of the spacecraft, and that defines a first interior volume. A fuel tank is disposed within and conforms to at least a portion of the first interior volume. The fuel tank can itself include a central void that defines a second interior volume. The main structural member and the fuel tank can be cylindrical. Payload items or components of the spacecraft can be disposed within the second interior volume.
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