Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Sectioned self-mating modular satellite buses
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Application No.: US16028821Application Date: 2018-07-06
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Publication No.: US10689131B2Publication Date: 2020-06-23
- Inventor: Raymond Edward Fraze
- Applicant: Vector Launch, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MD Bethesda
- Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Bethesda
- Main IPC: B64G1/10
- IPC: B64G1/10 ; B64G1/44 ; B29C70/42 ; B29C70/54 ; B29C65/00 ; B29C65/56 ; B29L31/30

Abstract:
A satellite configuration includes a plurality of individual satellite buses each having a number of side panels that form a polygonal shape, where the individual satellite buses collectively fit together to form the satellite configuration having a regular polygon shape. A method of producing the satellite configuration includes forming a plurality of individual satellite buses each having a polygonal shape, and fitting the individual satellite buses together to form the satellite configuration in a regular polygonal shape.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200010221A1 Sectioned Self-Mating Modular Satellite Buses Public/Granted day:2020-01-09
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