Device and method for a spacecraft

An adapter for a spacecraft (1) designed to detachably join a first craft part (2) with a second craft part (3) with its payload, where the adapter (4) comprises a wall structure (14, 15) for supporting the second craft part (3) on the first craft part (2), and where the wall structure (14, 15) at its lower rim is designed to be fixed to the first craft part and at its upper rim to be fixed to the second craft part, characterised in that adapter (4) is divided essentially across the longitudinal direction of the spacecraft and that both of the adapter parts (12, 13) are detachably connected to each other.

A device in a spacecraft (1), comprising a carrier rocket (2), a satellite (3) and a detachable adapter (4) for connecting the satellite (3) to the carrier rocket (2), where the adapter (4) comprises a wall structure (14, 15) for supporting the satellite (3) on the carrier rocket (2), and is fixed at its lower rim to the carrier rocket and is fixed at its upper rim to the satellite, characterised in that the adapter (4) is divided essentially across the longitudinal direction of the spacecraft and that both of the adapter parts (12, 13) are detachably connected to each other.

An adapter for a spacecraft (1) designed to detachably join a carrier rocket (2) with a satellite (3), where the adapter (4) comprises a wall structure (14, 15) for supporting the satellite (3) on the carrier rocket (2), and where the wall structure (14, 15) at its lower rim is designed to be fixed to the carrier rocket and at its upper rim to be fixed to the satellite, characterised in that the adapter (4) is divided essentially across the longitudinal direction of the spacecraft and that both of the adapter parts (12, 13) are detachably connected to each other.

A device in a spacecraft, comprising a first craft part, a second craft part with its payload, and an adapter for detachably connecting the second craft part to the first craft part,

• said adapter comprising a wall structure which supports the second craft part on the first craft part, said wall structure being fixed at its lower rim to the first craft part and being fixed at its upper rim to the second craft part, and
• said adapter being divided across the longitudinal direction of the spacecraft in at least one place into adapter parts detachably connected to each other.

A device in a spacecraft, comprising a carrier rocket, a satellite and an adapter for detechably connecting the satellite to the carrier rocket,

• said adapter comprising a wall structure for supporting the satellite on the carrier rocket, said wall structure being fixed at its lower rim to the carrier rocket and being fixed at its upper rim to the satellite and
• said adapter being divided essentially across the longitudinal direction of the spacecraft into a first and a second adapter part detachably connected to each other.

An adapter for a spacecraft designed to detachably join a first craft part with a second craft part comprising payload, where the adapter comprises a wall structure for supporting the second craft part on the first craft part, and where the wall structure at its lower rim is designed to be fixed to the first craft part and at its upper rim to be fixed to the second craft part, the adapter being divided essentially across the longitudinal direction of the spacecraft into adapter parts detachably connected to each other.

An adapter for a spacecraft designed to detachably join a carrier rocket with a satellite, where the adapter comprises a wall structure for supporting the satellite on the carrier rocket, and where the wall structure at its lower rim is designed to be fixed to the carrier rocket and at its upper rim to be fixed to the satellite, the adapter being divided essentially across the longitudinal direction of the spacecraft into adapter parts detachably connected to each other.

A method for separating a first craft part from a second craft part of a space craft, wherein an adapter detachably connects the second craft part to the first craft part, said adapter being divided across the longitudinal direction of the spacecraft in at least one place into adapter parts detachably connected to each other, the method comprising the steps of detaching the second craft part from an upper part of the adapter and then detaching said upper adapter part from the remaining spacecraft.

A method for separating a carrier rocket from a satellite, wherein an adapter detachably connects the satellite to the carrier rocket, said adapter being divided across the longitudinal direction into an upper adapter part facing the satellite and a lower adapter part facing the carrier rocket, said adapter parts being detachably connected to each other, the method comprising the steps of detaching the satellite from the upper part of the adapter and then detaching said upper adapter part from the lower adapter part.