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US 2015/0028159 A1Published application
Side-by-side dual-launch arrangement with improved payload compatibility
AssigneeLockheed Martin Corporation
InventorsHerbert H. VICHNIN, Neil E. Goodzeit, David J. Hentosh
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Abstract
A side-by-side dual-launch spacecraft arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include a dual-launch adaptor, a first spacecraft, and a second spacecraft. The first spacecraft and the second spacecraft may be mounted on the dual-launch adaptor and may be arranged side by side on the dual-launch adaptor. An aspect ratio of each of the first and second spacecraft may be within a range of 0.55 and 0.8.
Claims22
A Geo-synchronous Earth-Orbit (GEO) side-by-side dual-launch spacecraft arrangement, comprising:
- a dual-launch adaptor;
- a first core cylinder structure;
- a second core cylinder structure;
- a first spacecraft mounted on the dual-launch adaptor by the first core cylinder structure, the first spacecraft having a first aspect ratio, wherein the first spacecraft comprises:
- a first payload component mounted on a first side of the first spacecraft;
- and
- a second payload component mounted on a second side of the first spacecraft, wherein the second side of the first spacecraft is opposite the first side of the first spacecraft;
- and
- a second spacecraft mounted on the dual-launch adaptor by the second core cylinder structure, wherein the first spacecraft and the second spacecraft are arranged side by side on the dual-launch adaptor, the second spacecraft having a second aspect ratio, wherein the second spacecraft comprises a first side and a second side, wherein the second spacecraft comprises a third payload component mounted on the first side of the second spacecraft,
- wherein:
- each of the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio is within a range from 0.55 to 0.8, and
- each of the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio is a ratio of a size of a corresponding spacecraft along a first lateral dimension and a size of the corresponding spacecraft along a second lateral dimension, the first and second lateral dimensions being perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to a height of the corresponding spacecraft.
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A side-by-side dual-launch spacecraft arrangement, comprising:
- a dual-launch adaptor;
- a first spacecraft mounted on the dual-launch adaptor, the first spacecraft having a first aspect ratio;
- and
- a second spacecraft mounted on the dual-launch adaptor, wherein the first spacecraft and the second spacecraft are arranged side by side on the dual-launch adaptor, the second spacecraft having a second aspect ratio,
- wherein:
- each of the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio is within a range from 0.55 to 0.8, and
- each of the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio is a ratio of a size of a corresponding spacecraft along a first lateral dimension and a size of the corresponding spacecraft along a second lateral dimension, the first and second lateral dimensions being perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to a height of the corresponding spacecraft.
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A side-by-side dual-launch spacecraft arrangement, comprising:
- a fairing;
- a first spacecraft having a first aspect ratio, wherein the first spacecraft comprises a first side, wherein the first spacecraft comprises a first payload component attached to the first side of the first spacecraft;
- and
- a second spacecraft having a second aspect ratio, wherein the second spacecraft comprises a first side,
- wherein:
- the first spacecraft and the second spacecraft are arranged side by side within the fairing,
- the first side of the first spacecraft faces the first side of the second spacecraft,
- each of the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio is within a range from 0.55 to 0.8, and
- each of the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio is a ratio of a size of a corresponding spacecraft along a first lateral dimension and a size of the corresponding spacecraft along a second lateral dimension, the first and second lateral dimensions being perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to a height of the corresponding spacecraft.
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