Invention Grant
US07861975B2 Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with universal docking adaptor
有权
两部分航天器维修车辆系统与通用对接适配器
- Patent Title: Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with universal docking adaptor
- Patent Title (中): 两部分航天器维修车辆系统与通用对接适配器
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Application No.: US11394742Application Date: 2006-03-31
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Publication No.: US07861975B2Publication Date: 2011-01-04
- Inventor: John W. Behrens , Thomas L. Kessler , Leora Peltz , Jeffrey J. Cronick , Glenn N. Caplin , Frank O. Chandler , Robert V. Frampton , Daniel E. Rivera
- Applicant: John W. Behrens , Thomas L. Kessler , Leora Peltz , Jeffrey J. Cronick , Glenn N. Caplin , Frank O. Chandler , Robert V. Frampton , Daniel E. Rivera
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Ostrager Chong Flaherty & Broitman P.C.
- Main IPC: B64G1/64
- IPC: B64G1/64

Abstract:
An in-space spacecraft servicing system (10) includes a servicing spacecraft (22) and a propellant module (24). The servicing spacecraft includes a client servicing system (136), as well as navigation avionics (108) for independent flight operation and a servicing propellant tank (170). The propellant module moves the servicing module from an upper stage drop off location and releases it in proximity to a client spacecraft (16) for a servicing mission. It has a propellant tank (172) with capacity for multiple missions and is used to refill the servicing spacecraft's propellant tanks between missions. Either or both the servicing spacecraft and the propellant module may have navigation avionics. The servicing spacecraft also has a universal docking adaptor (70) for different client spacecraft, and can convert a client spacecraft from non-cooperative to cooperative.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070228219A1 Two part spacecraft servicing vehicle system with universal docking adaptor Public/Granted day:2007-10-04
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