A spacecraft adapter having embedded resources for supporting a non-primary payload on a launch vehicle. The spacecraft adapter includes a battery, a power distribution and control system, and an interface circuit for interfacing with the non-primary payload. Other modules/subsystems such as data storage, sensor and data interface and communications may be included to suit the needs of a particular non-primary payload and/or particular mission of the non-primary payload. The adaptor does not require any interfacing with the bus of the primary payload and can be scaled/modified as needed to provide only that degree of functionality needed for a given non-primary payload being carried by the launch vehicle.
SPACECRAFT ADAPTER HAVING EMBEDDED RESOURCES, AND METHODS OF FORMING SAME
RAUMFAHRZEUGADAPTER MIT EINGEBETTETEN RESSOURCEN UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG
ADAPTATEUR D'ENGIN SPATIAL AYANT DES RESSOURCES INTÉGRÉES, ET LEURS PROCÉDÉS DE FORMATION
2020-05-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |