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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2015
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Richard W. Aston, Brea, CA (US);
Anna M. Tomzynska, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Glenn N. Caplin, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/36 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/641 (2013.01); B64G 1/002 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 1/405 (2013.01); B64G 1/645 (2013.01);
Abstract
A space vehicle system, a method of manufacturing the space vehicle system, and a method of launching the space vehicle system are disclosed. The method of manufacturing the space vehicle system may include disposing a first space vehicle with an upper core structure upon a second space vehicle with a lower core structure such that loads of the first space vehicle are transmitted to the lower core structure of the second space vehicle.