The invention discloses a universal docking device for CubeSats. Docking devices are installed on the two satellites needing to be docked, and each docking device comprises a guide hole plate provided with a capturing cone, a locking mechanism used for locking the capturing cone on the satellite on the opposite side and a power mechanism; and the guide hole plate is provided with a guide hole used for guiding insertion of the capturing cone on the opposite side, the power mechanism drives the locking mechanism to lock the capturing cone after receiving a signal of insertion of the capturing cone, and the power mechanism drives the locking mechanism to release the capturing cone after receiving a release signal. The docking device provided by the invention can meet the requirements that the CubeSat realizes reconfiguration through a modular unit, the fault tolerance is increased, and a multi-part modular space system is created; the structure is simple, a modular design is achieved, the device can be directly installed on the CubeSat, and other mechanisms on the satellite are not affected; the number of parts is small, manufacturing and improvement are convenient, and manufacturing, assembling and maintaining are easy; and the product can be manufactured after the design is completed, and device is easy to popularize.
本发明公开一种立方体卫星通用对接装置。在需要对接的两个卫星上均安装对接装置,对接装置包括安装有捕获锥的引导孔板,用于锁紧对侧卫星上的捕获锥的锁紧机构和动力机构;引导孔板上设有用于引导对侧捕获锥插入的引导孔,所述动力机构接收到捕获锥插入的信号后,驱动锁紧机构锁紧捕获锥,当动力机构接收到释放信号后,驱动锁紧机构释放捕获锥。本发明的对接装置,可以满足立方体卫星通过模块化单元实现重新配置,增加其容错性并创建多部分模块化空间系统的要求;结构简单,模块化设计,可直接安装于立方体卫星,不影响卫星上其余机构;零部件数目少,制造改进方便,制造装配和维修都比较容易;在设计完成之后就可制造出产品,易于推广。
Universal docking device for CubeSats
一种立方体卫星通用对接装置
2022-02-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
Chinese
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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