Device for jettisoning a payload from a spacecraft

Details Device for jettisoning a payload from a spacecraft Device for jettisoning a payload from a spacecraft

1992-03-25

1993-07-13

Barefoot, Galen

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path

244161, 292 35, 2941191, B64G 122

Patent

active

052266176

ABSTRACT:
A device for jettisoning a payload from a spacecraft, the device comprising: connection means between the payload and the spacecraft; an energy storage device for jettisoning the payload; and a releasable latching device for latching the payload to the spacecraft. In the device for jettisoning a payload: the connection means comprises a single rod in alignment with the axis of symmetry of the jettisoning device and having a first end fixed to the payload; the energy storage device acts on the first end of the connection rod; and the releasable latching device acts on the second end of the connection rod, said device being fixed to the spacecraft. Application to the aerospace industry.

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