Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spacecraft structure configured to store frozen propellant
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Application No.: US16773920Application Date: 2020-01-27
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Publication No.: US11352150B2Publication Date: 2022-06-07
- Inventor: Matthew Parman , Joel Sercel , Mikhail Kokorich , James Small , Nicholas Simon , Nathan Orr , Samuel Avery , Scott Stanley
- Applicant: MOMENTUS INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: MOMENTUS INC.
- Current Assignee: MOMENTUS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Main IPC: B64G1/40
- IPC: B64G1/40 ; B64G1/54
Abstract:
A spacecraft structure for transporting propellant to be consumed by a thruster includes storing the propellant in the spacecraft in a solid state during at least a portion of a take-off procedure and supplying the propellant to the thruster in a liquid or vaporous state when the spacecraft is in space.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200290755A1 Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms Public/Granted day:2020-09-17
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