Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Spacecraft formation – orbit – or interplanetary path
Patent
1982-05-18
1985-03-26
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path
244161, 244137R, 89 15F, 124 16, B64G 164
Patent
active
045068526
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for launching a payload, such as a spacecraft or satellite, from a launch vehicle in which a single instrumentality is employed to simultaneously impart angular momentum about the center of mass of the payload and linear momentum in a direction along the axis of rotation.
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Adams Gerald J.
Burkett, Jr. William L.
Smolik John V.
Barefoot Galen L.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Karambelas A. W.
Oberheim E. F.
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