Systems (100) and methods (800) for launching a plurality of spacecraft (120), provided in a stack of spacecraft, from a launch vehicle (102) traveling along an in-track path (104) include releasing, in a first separation event occurring at a first time, a first spacecraft (120a) from the stack of spacecraft using a first separation force having a first separation force in-track component along the in-track path. Subsequently, in a second separation event occurring at a second time, a second spacecraft (120b) is released from the stack of spacecraft using a second separation force having a second separation force in-track component along the in-track path, wherein the second time occurs a first time delay after the first time. The first and second separation in-track components may be different, such as by varying a magnitude of the separation force or an angle at which the spacecraft is launched.


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    Title :

    СИСТЕМЫ И СПОСОБЫ ЗАПУСКА МНОЖЕСТВА КОСМИЧЕСКИХ АППАРАТОВ


    Publication date :

    2021-04-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    Russian


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS