B64G 1/223
Modular spacecraft systems
Official title: {Modular spacecraft systems}
B64G1/223 (Modular spacecraft systems) appears on 204 US grants and 180 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 204
- Published applications
- 180
- Assignees
- 125
- Inventors
- 528
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 18 | 14 |
| 2025 | 9 | 18 |
| 2026 | 14 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Modular spacecraft bus system and associated methods22 Sep 2026US 12,741,756 B2True Anomaly, Inc.
- System for tracking solar energy11 Aug 2026US 12,706,560 B2AST & Science, LLC
- System, method, and bracket assembly for a stable and repeatable spacecraft platform structure4 Aug 2026US 12,698,102 B2Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.
- Space module designed to be deployed in space to form a space platform and associated space platform28 Jul 2026US 12,692,026 B2Thales
- Modular configuration of launch vehicle system14 Jul 2026US 12,679,563 B2Agnikul Cosmos Private Limited
- Spacecraft liquid transport system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307822 A1Space Ocean Corp.
- Electrostatically actuated deployable space structures13 Aug 2026US 2026/0238143 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Module-based automatically separable space propulsion system apparatus and design method therefor25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176000 A1Shanghai Institute of Space Propulsion
- Systems, devices, and methods for spacecraft connections18 Jun 2026US 2026/0167360 A1Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Inc.
- Space-Based Data Centers4 Jun 2026US 2026/0152294 A1California Institute of Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- Payload housing and assembly joint for a launch vehicle77US 5,743,492 ALockheed Martin Corporation · 1998
- Modular mother satellite bus for subsidiary payloads66US 5,152,482 AStandard Space Platforms Corp. · 1992
- Method and apparatus for supplying orbital space platforms using payload canisters via intermediate orbital rendezvous and docking62US 6,669,148 B2Constellation Services International, Inc. · 2003
- Modular spacecraft bus58US 6,206,327 B1Lockheed Martin Corporation · 2001
- Modular mother satellite bus for subsidiary payloads53US 5,271,582 AStandard Space Platforms Corp. · 1993