A landing apparatus for a reusable launch vehicle is provided, including a landing leg pivotably mounted at one end to the reusable launch vehicle, for example, to a propellant tank part, and mounted at the other end to the propellant tank part by a detaching means such as a pyro bolt for example, a cover mounted to an outside of the landing leg along a longitudinal direction of the landing leg, and a leg landing plate mounted to a distal end of the landing leg and relatively pivotable with respect to the landing leg by its own weight when the other end of the landing leg is separated from the propellant tank part.
LANDING APPARATUS FOR A REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE
LANDEVORRICHTUNG FÜR EIN WIEDERVERWENDBARES RAUMFAHRZEUG
APPAREIL D'ATTERRISSAGE POUR UN VÉHICULE DE LANCEMENT RÉUTILISABLE
2023-11-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
Reusable vertical take-off and landing space launch vehicle
European Patent Office | 2020
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