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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2020
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US);
Garrett P. Simard, Seattle, WA (US);
Stefano A. Bauk, Redmond, WA (US);
Robert D. Giglio, Seattle, WA (US);
Andrew C. Thompson, Hebron, CT (US);
Joshua A. Dunford, Kirkland, WA (US);
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Starbase, TX (US);
Abstract
A spacecraft system may include a first spacecraft having a chassis and a first antenna moveably mounted to the chassis, and a second spacecraft having a chassis, wherein the second spacecraft is adjacent the first spacecraft during launch to define a stacked configuration, and a passive restraint system defined between the first and second spacecraft that is configured to substantially prevent movement of the first antenna in a launch position while in a launch state when the first and second spacecraft are in a stacked configuration.