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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1982
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1980
Applicant:
Inventors:
Graham S Thomson, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Alois Wittmann, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ; 2441 / ;
Abstract
A payload such as a spacecraft is deployed from launch vehicle with linear and angular velocity, using a structural arrangement for applying a tangential, single point ejection force to the spacecraft, in which, the single point ejection force and the spacecraft/launch vehicle reaction points enclose the spacecraft center of mass and center of percussion.