NZ761083B2 - Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods - Google Patents

Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods Download PDF

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NZ761083B2
NZ761083B2 NZ761083A NZ76108318A NZ761083B2 NZ 761083 B2 NZ761083 B2 NZ 761083B2 NZ 761083 A NZ761083 A NZ 761083A NZ 76108318 A NZ76108318 A NZ 76108318A NZ 761083 B2 NZ761083 B2 NZ 761083B2
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spacecraft
target spacecraft
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spacecraft servicing
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Kenneth Siu Kin Chow
Peter Michael Cipollo
Michael Joseph Glogowski
Benjamin Michael Hekman
Mark Lieberbaum
William A Llorens
James Garret Nicholson
Carlos Guillermo Niederstrasser
Oliver Benjamin Ortiz
James Dulin Reavill
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Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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Abstract

spacecraft servicing device 180, comprising a body 182 configured to be deployed and depleted from a host spacecraft which carries a number of such devices, adjacent to a target spacecraft, a servicing component configured to service the target spacecraft while being coupled to it by a coupling mechanism 184 and comprises a thruster configured to alter at least one of an orbit, a velocity, or a momentum of the target spacecraft, where the thruster is controlled by data received by a communication device configured to receive data relating to the target spacecraft from a remote location. The device can extend the functioning life span of the target spacecraft.

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1.CLAIM 5 This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. ยง119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No.
NZ761083A 2018-07-20 Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods NZ761083B2 (en)

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US201762535747P 2017-07-21 2017-07-21
PCT/US2018/043188 WO2019018826A1 (en) 2017-07-21 2018-07-20 Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods

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NZ761083A NZ761083A (en) 2023-11-24
NZ761083B2 true NZ761083B2 (en) 2024-02-27

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