Device for deploying and pointing an equipment item carried by a spacecraft

    公开(公告)号:US11834202B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US17926044

    申请日:2021-05-11

    CPC classification number: B64G1/222 B64G1/10

    Abstract: A device for deploying and pointing an equipment item is disclosed including a mobile platform for receiving the equipment item, a carrier integrally secured to a wall of a spacecraft, and three identical linear actuators which connect the carrier to the mobile platform and are suitable for moving the platform in translation along one axis and for orienting the platform in rotation about two axes. Each linear actuator including a first portion connected to the platform by a universal joint, a second portion connected to the carrier by a pivot connection, a motor, and a screw/nut joint interconnecting the two portions, each universal joint being suitable for preventing the screw/nut joint from rotating about the axis, such that driving the motor causes a translational movement between the first and the second portion.

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