A system and method for transferring a satellite from an initial orbit into a mission orbit. The method includes anchoring to the satellite of an external unit having a tank containing a reserve of propellants. The system includes an autonomous spacecraft having an electric propulsion module and a small internal reserve of propellants, located in a parking orbit close to the initial orbit. The spacecraft with the external unit attached to the satellite is docketed in an initial orbit, to produce a fluidic connection of the propellant tank of the external unit to the propulsion module of the spacecraft. The external unit and satellite is transferred into the mission orbit by the electric propulsion module of the spacecraft supplied with propellants directly from the external unit, thereby releasing the satellite into the mission orbit.
PROCÉDÉ ET SYSTEME POUR LE TRANSFERT D'UN SATELLITE D'UNE ORBITE INITIALE DANS UNE ORBITE DE MISSION
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING A SATELLITE FROM AN INITIAL ORBIT INTO A MISSION ORBIT
VERFAHREN UND SYSTEM ZUR ÜBERTRAGUNG EINES SATELLITEN AUS EINER ERSTEN UMLAUFBAHN IN EINE MISSIONSUMLAUFBAHN
2017-02-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
French
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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