Annular support structure
AssigneeBlue Origin Manufacturing, LLC
InventorMichael David Johnson
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Abstract
An annular support structure may support a cargo spacecraft having a service module and a cargo module. The cargo module of the cargo spacecraft is positioned along the launch vehicle axis in a direction distal from the support structure, and at least a portion of the service module of the cargo spacecraft positioned within an annulus of the support structure.
Claims8
An annular support structure non-releasably attached to a launch vehicle booster by a first connecting element, releasably attached by a second connecting element to a cargo module disposed outside of the annular support structure, and to support an axial load of the cargo module during launch, and further wherein the annular support structure, once attached to the launch vehicle booster and to the cargo module, is to remain attached until a stage separation between the launch vehicle booster and the cargo module, upon which the annular support structure is to separate from the cargo module and remain with the launch vehicle booster.
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