Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Spacecraft formation – orbit – or interplanetary path
Patent
1998-06-26
2000-07-11
Swiatek, Robert P.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path
B64G 100
Patent
active
060860200
ABSTRACT:
A payload section (14) of a rocket, having a payload fairing (16) and a center section (18), which comprises a payload (20) and a payload propulsion unit (22) arranged behind the payload (20) and connected with the payload (20). For preventing, or respectively limiting, a mutual relative movement, the payload fairing (16) and the center section (18) are connected by means of a connection arrangement, which is attached to the payload fairing (16) and also releasably to the center section (18). The connection arrangement is embodied as a preferably flat shell (24), which can consist of two partial shells (24.1, 24.2), which are releasably fastened to each other.
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Chambers, Esq. Guy W.
Contraves Space AG
Swiatek Robert P.
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