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NZ761087B2 - Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods - Google Patents
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NZ761087B2
NZ761087B2 NZ761087A NZ76108718A NZ761087B2 NZ 761087 B2 NZ761087 B2 NZ 761087B2 NZ 761087 A NZ761087 A NZ 761087A NZ 76108718 A NZ76108718 A NZ 76108718A NZ 761087 B2 NZ761087 B2 NZ 761087B2
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Daniel Guadagnoli
Thomas Fred Meyer
James Garret Nicholson
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Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
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Abstract

spacecraft servicing system, comprising a host spacecraft carrying spacecraft servicing devices 180, where the host will transport a device to a location adjacent to a target spacecraft. The device does not have a propulsion system, and comprises a body to which a propellant tank configured to hold at least one propellant and to be in fluid communication with the fuel system of the target spacecraft, and a coupling device 184 to couple it to a target spacecraft. After the device couples to the target spacecraft, the host decouples from the device and propellant from the tank is supplied to the target spacecraft's propulsion system bypassing its fluid storage. The host continues deploying other devices to other target spacecraft. The device enables alteration of the orbit, velocity or momentum of the target spacecraft providing enhanced mission flexibility and extends the target spacecraft's life.

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1.CLAIM 5 This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No.
NZ761087A 2018-07-20 Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods NZ761087B2 (en)

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US201762535747P 2017-07-21 2017-07-21
PCT/US2018/043182 WO2019018821A1 (en) 2017-07-21 2018-07-20 Spacecraft servicing devices and related assemblies, systems, and methods

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NZ761087A NZ761087A (en) 2024-02-23
NZ761087B2 true NZ761087B2 (en) 2024-05-24

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