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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
Applicant:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Alan Hickman, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/648 (2013.01); B64G 1/002 (2013.01); B64G 1/005 (2013.01); B64G 1/007 (2013.01); B64G 1/242 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 1/405 (2013.01); B64G 1/646 (2013.01); B64G 1/36 (2013.01); B64G 1/402 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of accelerating a target vehicle to a higher orbit via a Kinetic Energy Storage and Transfer (KEST) vehicle are provided. The KEST vehicle is configured to transfer kinetic energy to the target vehicle by way of a catching mechanism using one or more brakes on one or more associated tethers along which the braking mechanism traverses, accelerating the target vehicle into a higher orbit, potentially even beyond the Earth.
Hickman, Robert. (2018). Methods of accelerating a target vehicle to a higher orbit via a kinetic energy storage and transfer (kest) space vehicle (U.S. Patent No. 9938027). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9938027
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