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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Maxar Space Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael Freestone, Woodside, CA (US);
Joel Boccio, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Maxar Space LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/50 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/503 (2013.01); B64G 1/222 (2013.01); B64G 1/443 (2013.01); B64G 1/506 (2013.01); H05K 7/20336 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite includes a first radiator panel with first heat-generating components attached to its surface and a second radiator panel with second heat-generating components attached to its surface. One or more actuators are configured to deploy the first and second radiator panels from a compact configuration in which the first and second radiator panels are overlapping to a deployed configuration in which the first and second radiator panels are non-overlapping.