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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:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joachim Nauck, Bremen, DE;
Assignee:
Erno Raumfahrttechnik GmbH, Bremen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2441 / ; 244159 ; 244173 ;
Abstract
A satellite system is basically composed of a service module and a payload module interconnected to permit relative rotation of the latter in relation to the former so that the service module remains oriented with its solar generators facing the sun while the payload module may remain oriented towards the earth. Additional payload modules can be connected to the service module or to a payload module, and additional service modules can be connected to the first mentioned service module. The coupling is provided in each instance through a BAPTA interface.