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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert H. Ballard, Fairfax, VA (US);
Maxwell W. Hunter, II, San Carlos, CA (US);
Richard N. Jurmain, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Charles P. Kelley, Vienna, VA (US);
Assignee:
Vela Technology Development, Inc., Vienna, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/14 ;
Abstract
A method for controlling the acceleration of a vehicle ( ) reentering the sensible atmosphere, comprising executing a lofting translational rocket burn at an altitude of greater than about 40 km whereby the vehicle ( ) reenters the sensible atmosphere at a maximum accelerative force of less than 4 g.