Invention Grant
US08006938B2 Spacecraft servicing vehicle with adaptors, tools and attachment mechanisms
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具有适配器,工具和连接机构的航天器维修车辆
- Patent Title: Spacecraft servicing vehicle with adaptors, tools and attachment mechanisms
- Patent Title (中): 具有适配器,工具和连接机构的航天器维修车辆
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Application No.: US12888552Application Date: 2010-09-23
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Publication No.: US08006938B2Publication Date: 2011-08-30
- 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 PC
- 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
- US20110031352A1 Two Part Spacecraft Servicing Vehicle System with Adaptors, Tools, and Attachment Mechanisms Public/Granted day:2011-02-10
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