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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1982
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1979
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene R Ganssle, Skillman, NJ (US);
Assignee:
RCA Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ; 244161 ;
Abstract
A spacecraft is secured to a reusable cradle mounted in a space shuttle cargo bay. It is launched from the shuttle by separation apparatus secured to the cradle, which apparatus imparts forces in the same direction to three spaced points on the spacecraft such that a line passing through the center of gravity of the spacecraft, extending in the direction of application of the forces, passes through the triangle formed by lines joining these three points. The apparatus includes a plurality of interconnected spring loaded push rods which propel the spacecraft equal distances in the same direction and time interval, thereby precluding any rotation.