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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hirokazu Ihara, Machida, JP;
Masaya Yamamoto, Yokohama, JP;
Kouhei Kato, Fujisawa, JP;
Shigehiro Tomita, Yokohama, JP;
Masaharu Tadauchi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ; B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244161 ; 2441 / ; 244159 ;
Abstract
A plurality of spacecrafts having their own functions are each provided with a communication controller and its own mission, and communicate with each other to perform specific operations. In addition, a plurality of units having particular functions are housed in a system dock, and arbitrary ones of these units are combined to constitute a spacecraft according to the use. Units responsible for performing the specific operations are interchangeably connected, so as to be separable from the individual spacecraft.