A despin device includes a central base installed in an outer rotational ring. The outer rotational ring includes a plurality of through-holes extending from an inner wall face thereof through an outer wall face thereof. Masses are symmetrically installed in ball grooves of the central base and the through-holes of the outer rotational ring. The masses are connected by a connecting line extending through a line cutter and tensioned by a tensioning device. Cables are wrapped around an outer periphery of the central base. Each cable includes an end attached to one of the masses. A plurality of release-hitch devices is provided. Each release-hitch device includes a hitch member fixed to the central base and a disengagement member releasably engaged with the hitch member and fixed to the other end of one of the cables.
Despin device
2016-07-05
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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