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US 2021/0197989 A1Published application
Space Mission Energy Management Architecture
AssigneeMomentus Inc.
InventorsJoel Sercel, Aaron Mitchell
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Abstract
A spacecraft propulsion system comprises two thrusters, each operating in accordance to a corresponding propulsion technique. A controller is configured to direct collected solar energy to heat a propellant for consumption in one of the two thrusters, or to generate electric energy for the other one of the two thrusters.
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A propulsion system operating in a spacecraft, the propulsion system comprising:
- a power system configured to collect solar energy;
- a first thruster operating according to a first propulsion technique;
- a second thruster operating according to a second propulsion technique;
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- a controller configured to control supply of the solar energy collected by the power system to the first thruster and the second thruster.
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A propulsion system operating in a spacecraft, the propulsion system comprising:
- a tank storing propellant;
- a first thruster fluidicly coupled to the tank, the first thruster operating according to a first propulsion technique;
- a second thruster fluidicly coupled to the tank, the second thruster operating according to a second propulsion technique;
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- a controller configured to control supply of the propellant from the tank to the first thruster and the second thruster.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.