公开(公告)号：US12065271B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-20

申请号：US17574486

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Mohammed Faraz Admani ,  Pieter Buysschaert ,  Andrew D. Roberts ,  Garrett P. Simard

IPC: B64G1/42 ,  B64G1/00 ,  B64G1/66

CPC classification number: B64G1/428 ,  B64G1/002 ,  B64G1/66

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for transitioning a spacecraft from a power-saving state to a power-consuming state at a time after launch of the spacecraft on a launch vehicle. Because the spacecraft can detect conditions for transitioning to the power-consuming state, commands received via an umbilical connection to the launch vehicle, or detecting the presence or absence of such a connection, is unnecessary, thereby removing several technical barriers to eliminating such umbilical connections altogether.

公开(公告)号：US20220135258A1

公开(公告)日：2022-05-05

申请号：US17574486

申请日：2022-01-12

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Mohammed Faraz Admani ,  Pieter Buysschaert ,  Andrew D. Roberts ,  Garrett P. Simard

IPC: B64G1/42 ,  B64G1/66 ,  B64G1/00

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for transitioning a spacecraft from a power-saving state to a power-consuming state at a time after launch of the spacecraft on a launch vehicle. Because the spacecraft can detect conditions for transitioning to the power-consuming state, commands received via an umbilical connection to the launch vehicle, or detecting the presence or absence of such a connection, is unnecessary, thereby removing several technical barriers to eliminating such umbilical connections altogether.

公开(公告)号：US11254451B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US15930415

申请日：2020-05-12

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Mohammed Faraz Admani ,  Pieter Buysschaert ,  Andrew D. Roberts ,  Garrett P. Simard

IPC: B64G1/42 ,  B64G1/00 ,  B64G1/66

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for autonomously transitioning a spacecraft from a power-saving state to a power-consuming state at a time after launch of the spacecraft on a launch vehicle. Because the spacecraft can autonomously detect conditions for transitioning to the power-consuming state, commands received via an umbilical connection to the launch vehicle, or detecting the presence or absence of such a connection, is unnecessary, thereby removing several technical barriers to eliminating such umbilical connections altogether. In some embodiments, low-cost vacuum detection devices that use very small amounts of power may be used by the spacecraft to detect when the spacecraft has reached an altitude suitable for transitioning to the power-consuming state.