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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Space Systems/loral, Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Peter Y. Chu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Space Systems/Loral, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/002 (2013.01); B64G 1/64 (2013.01); B64G 1/641 (2013.01); B64G 1/007 (2013.01); B64G 1/50 (2013.01); B64G 2001/643 (2013.01);
Abstract
A launch vehicle payload that includes at least two spacecraft is disclosed. The launch vehicle includes a single payload adapter. Each spacecraft has a launch vehicle adapter structure providing a respectively coplanar structural interface directly with the single launch vehicle payload adapter. The spacecraft share a launch vehicle payload fairing volume substantially side-by-side and are detachably coupled together such that a positive clearance is provided between adjacent, non-abutting structural body surfaces of each spacecraft.