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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025

Filed:

Jan. 07, 2022
Applicant:

The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);

Inventors:

Richard W. Aston, Brea, CA (US);

Anna M. Tomzynska, Seal Beach, CA (US);

Glenn N. Caplin, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Assignee:

The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/641 (2013.01); B64G 1/002 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 1/405 (2013.01); B64G 1/645 (2013.01);
Abstract

A space vehicle system, a method of manufacturing a multiple space vehicle system, and a method of disposing space vehicles into Earth orbit are disclosed. The space vehicle system may include a first space vehicle including a first core structure with a first wall thickness. The space vehicle system may include a second space vehicle including a second core structure with a second wall thickness, the second wall thickness different from the first wall thickness, and the second core structure releasably attached to the first space vehicle in a stacked configuration.


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