Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Reusable or returnable
Patent
1995-10-02
1998-09-29
Grant, William
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Reusable or returnable
244158R, 244172, 244173, B64G 164
Patent
active
058136320
ABSTRACT:
An aerospace hardware package is used to salvage derelicts in space. The package incorporates at least the subsystems required to salvage and reuse portions of previously discarded launch vehicle components and other derelict objects in space. The salvaged items include the external tank of the space shuttle, and the Russian-made ENERGIA rocket system in two forms. The salvaged hardware is capable of contributing mass, length, exterior surface, strongback, gravity gradient stability, interior volumes, base metal sources and stability with the addition of a salvage subsystems package. The package supplies capabilities such as power and communications and later evolves toward more complex services taking full advantage of the salvaged hardware's attributes to reduce the cost and difficulty of space operations.
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