A first spacecraft includes a first fluid storage arrangement and a fluid flow metering arrangement including a holding tank coupled with the first fluid storage arrangement, a flow meter disposed proximate to the holding tank, and an active thermal control arrangement controlling the temperature of the flow meter and the holding tank. The first spacecraft is configured to service a second spacecraft, the second spacecraft including a second fluid storage arrangement, by transferring one or both of a propellant and a pressurant from the first fluid storage arrangement to the holding tank, and from the holding tank, through the flow meter, to the second fluid storage arrangement.
On-orbit propellant metering and refueling
2021-02-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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