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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2025
Raytheon Company, Arlington, VA (US);
David D. Crouch, Farragut, TN (US);
Nathan T. Potratz, Marion, IA (US);
RAYTHEON COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Space debris capture systems include an outer assembly and an inner assembly. The Outer assembly includes an outer membrane and an inner membrane, where, in a deployed state, the outer membrane is separated from the inner membrane by a separation gap. The inner assembly is arranged within the inner membrane of the outer assembly. The inner assembly is formed of a plurality of sheets of material arranged at a plurality of orientations relative to the inner membrane and define a plurality of cells within the outer assembly when in the deployed state. A first group of the cells are defined within surfaces of the plurality of sheets of material and a second group of cells are defined between the surfaces of the inner assembly and an inner surface of the inner membrane.