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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Trans Astronautica Corporation, Lake View Terrace, CA (US);
Inventors:
Joel C. Sercel, Lake View Terrace, CA (US);
James G. Small, Sonoita, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Trans Astronautica Corporation, Lake View Terrace, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/62 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/623 (2023.08); B64G 1/2225 (2023.08);
Abstract
A landing pad for deployment on a celestial body includes a deployable surface configured to be stored in a stowed configuration on a spacecraft and be deployed into a deployed configuration on a surface of the celestial body, a landing system configured to land the landing pad on the surface of the celestial body, and a control system configured to control the landing system during landing of the landing pad on the surface of the celestial body and control the deployment of the deployable surface.