Abstract:
A satellite system includes a so-called carrier satellite and a so-called piggyback satellite, each one having an Earth face. The piggyback satellite is attached to the carrier satellite by fastening elements that can be released on command. The piggyback satellite includes propulsion elements suitable for maintaining same in orbit, and the carrier satellite includes propulsion elements for performing a change of orbit of the satellite system including the carrier satellite and the piggyback satellite. The piggyback satellite is attached to the Earth face of the carrier satellite in such a way that the Earth face of the piggyback satellite is essentially perpendicular to the Earth face of the carrier satellite.
Abstract:
A method for producing, by welding, a joint between a thermoplastic matrix composite material and an elastomeric material. The elastomeric material is functionalized by incorporating, onto the surface of the elastomer, a nonwoven fabric consisting of fibers of thermoplastic material. The functionalized surface of the elastomeric material is welded to the thermoplastic material of the composite. The functionalization of the elastomeric material is performed during the vulcanization of the raw elastomer. The vulcanization is performed under a sufficient pressure for the nonwoven fabric placed on the surface of the raw elastomer to become incorporated with same, at least at the surface, during the vulcanization process. The welding operation includes interposing a metal fabric coated with thermoplastic material between the surfaces of the elastomer and the composite that are welded to each other, and passing an electric current through same, resulting in the surface melting of the two materials.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a glass panel for an aircraft suitable for a suborbital flight and an aeronautical flight, including an outer panel made of polycarbonate or aluminosilicate for temperature resistance, a main panel for pressure resistance, sized according to standard aeroplane safety factors, and an inner panel, providing redundancy for the main panel, sized with a minimum pressure margin, the outer, main and internal redundancy panels being separated from one another by spaces. The invention also relates to an aircraft including windscreen elements and portholes made using the glass panel.
Abstract:
The subject of the invention is a device for starting a turbopump of a rocket motor of an aircraft including a turbine engine for propelling the aircraft and a rocket motor, which includes a pneumatic supply of compressed air to a turbine of the turbopump, this compressed air being tapped from a tapping on a compressor stage of the aircraft propulsion turbine engine upstream of the combustion chamber of the turbine engine. It applies notably to an aircraft of the space airplane type.
Abstract:
A wing or blade in at least two sections facing each other. Each section has a longitudinal bearing structure provided with at least one sole of which the link between the sections includes at least one first link plate linking the end of the soles of the sections facing each other. A method of producing such wing or blade.
Abstract:
An LDPC decoding method is disclosed in which the LDPC code is defined by a parity matrix having a layered structure, and the method involves performing iterations until a stop criterion is satisfied. Each iteration involves the successive processing of the different layers. Processing a layer involves calculating variable messages (αn,m), calculating parity check messages, calculating a posteriori estimation variables (γn), and calculating a partial syndrome. The evaluation of the stop criterion involves checking if, for a plurality of successive iterations, the number of iterations for which all the partial syndromes are zero, from which the number of iterations for which at least one of the partial syndromes is non-zero is subtracted, is greater than or equal to a predetermined stop threshold.
Abstract:
A method for transferring a spacecraft (10), such as an artificial satellite, from an initial elliptical orbit (30) to a final geostationary orbit (50), the spacecraft taking at least one intermediate elliptical orbit (40) propelled by electric propulsion means (12, 13), the method includes: when the spacecraft is in an intermediate orbit, a nominal thrust step (410) in which the propulsion means generate nominal thrust while the spacecraft is on at least part of a first orbital arc (41) passing through the apogee A of the intermediate orbit, and a minimum thrust step (420), in which the propulsion means are partly stopped or slowed while the spacecraft is on at least part (43) of a second orbital arc (42) passing through the perigee P of the intermediate orbit, the two orbital arcs being complementary.
Abstract:
A first network probe is associated with a first router and with a first end-point of the first router, and a second network probe is associated with a second router and with a second end-point of the second router. The first network probe periodically injects flag packets in parallel to the traffic of a communication tunnel between the first and second end-points, with each flag packet including timestamp information expressing a time reference for the injection of the flag packet. Information relating to a timing variation in traffic in the communication tunnel is gathered, with the timing variation being measured due to a difference between the timestamp information contained in the flag packets and timestamp information relating to the instant the flag packets were captured by the second probe. Possible congestion situations experienced by the communication tunnel are assessed as a function of the gathered information.
Abstract:
In order to route a data packet in a communication network, a network element implements a traditional routing process including taking a routing decision as a function of the destination of the data packet according to route learning in the communication network. The routing element reviews the routing decision taken by the traditional routing process via an internetwork policy-based routing function selected from among a plurality of candidate internetwork policy-based routing functions, each candidate internetwork policy-based routing function being assigned to an egress interface of the network element and vice versa. The selected internetwork policy-based routing function is that which is assigned to the egress interface selected by the traditional routing process for routing the data packet in the communication network.
Abstract:
A device for controlling the angular velocity of an out-of-service spacecraft is disclosed, in which the device makes it possible to facilitate the operations of active removal of the spacecraft as space debris. The device includes a stator and a rotor able to move on a rotation axis with respect to the stator, the stator is configured to be driven by the spacecraft to be stabilized, the rotor is configured to orient itself along the terrestrial magnetic field. The stator includes an electrically conductive non-ferromagnetic body while the rotor includes a magnetized system configured to induce, in the stator, eddy currents for braking a relative movement of the rotor with respect to the stator.