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Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013

Filed:

Oct. 12, 2010
Applicants:

Bernard Friedrich Kutter, Golden, CO (US);

Jonathan D. Barr, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);

Mari E. Gravlee, Centennial, CO (US);

Gerard P. Szatkowski, Morrison, CO (US);

Frank C. Zegler, Idledale, CO (US);

Inventors:

Bernard Friedrich Kutter, Golden, CO (US);

Jonathan D. Barr, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);

Mari E. Gravlee, Centennial, CO (US);

Gerard P. Szatkowski, Morrison, CO (US);

Frank C. Zegler, Idledale, CO (US);

Assignee:

United Launch Alliance, L.L.C., Centennial, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A launch system is provided which includes a secondary payload. The secondary payload includes a propellant tank and at least one module that is supported by an adapter ring that is commonly used to secure an upper stage to a primary payload. The propellant tank is launched empty and subsequently filled with residual propellant from the upper stage.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Kutter, Bernard. (2013). Apparatus and method of transferring and utilizing residual fuel of a launch vehicle upper stage (U.S. Patent No. 8393582). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8393582

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