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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicant:
Leon Gurevich, Rahnco Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Inventor:
Leon Gurevich, Rahnco Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 164 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An adjustable multipoint docking system includes a plurality of adjustable grasping jaws that are aligned on a mounting surface and adapted to grab onto a wide variety of extending rings, such as conventional spacecraft adapter rings, of an on-orbit target spacecraft for various missions including spacecraft rescue, spacecraft transorbiting to a desired orbit, spacecraft transorbiting to a waste orbit, or spacecraft deorbiting.