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- Patent Title: Spacecraft assembly arranged about a central axis and linked on longitudinal edges by fasteners
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Application No.: US15734976Application Date: 2019-06-12
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Publication No.: US11623770B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Emmanuel Texier , Yves Durand , Jérôme Andy , Pascal Ribeyron , Julien Labarthe
- Applicant: THALES
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: BakerHostetler
- Priority: FR1800608 20180614
- International Application: PCT/EP2019/065295 WO 20190612
- International Announcement: WO2019/238727 WO 20191219
- Main IPC: B64G1/64
- IPC: B64G1/64

Abstract:
An assembly includes at least one first collection of a plurality of spacecraft intended to be fastened to a launcher during a launch phase, wherein the spacecraft are arranged about a central axis (Z) in a given transverse plane perpendicular to the central axis, the spacecraft having edges along a longitudinal axis and being moreover arranged in such a way that a spacecraft is linked to a neighboring spacecraft of the collection by one edge by means of at least one fastener (B) positioned on the edge, so as to mechanically hold the spacecraft to one another, and a satellites-launcher adaptor to which the spacecraft are fastened in a transverse plane.
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