Method of steering a vehicle and vehicle allowing implementation of the method
AssigneeAerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
InventorAlain Wagner
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method of steering a vehicle, as well as to said vehicle allowing the method to be implemented. The method of steering such a vehicle including a propulsion system (2) and a jettisonable nose cone (8) containing a payload is noteworthy, according to the invention, in that, during the trajectory of said vehicle, the propulsion thrust of said vehicle (1) is temporarily interrupted in order to allow said jettisonable nose cone (8) to be ejected.
Claims9
A method for bringing a payload (7) to a desired orbit, by means of a vehicle (1) comprising a propulsion system (2) generating a propulsion thrust and a part (6) supporting said payload (7) and a separable protective nose cone (8) covering and protecting said payload, said method comprising the steps of:
- producing said protective nose cone (8) as a single piece;
- interrupting said propulsion thrust, when said vehicle is describing its trajectory;
- propulsion thrust interruption;
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- after ejection of said protective nose cone (8), reestablishing said propulsion thrust in order to bring said payload up to said desired orbit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.