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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Bryan Benedict, Long Beach, CA (US);
Gerard Jansson, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
Bryan Benedict, Long Beach, CA (US);
Gerard Jansson, Bethesda, MD (US);
Assignee:
Intelsat, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to piggyback secondary payloads, a device for and a method of attaching piggyback secondary payloads, including a primary satellite and at least one secondary payload, such as a deployable microsatellite, affixed instrument package or the like, wherein the secondary payload is mounted on the nadir end of the primary satellite, preferably employing a universal adapter between the primary satellite and the at least one secondary payload.