The disclosure provides a configurable-mass rideshare dispenser for a rideshare adapter employable with a LV. In one example, the configurable-mass rideshare dispenser includes: (1) a modular chassis having a plurality of walls, wherein each of the plurality of walls includes multiple internal mounts operable to mount at multiple candidate locations a rideshare payload, its associated attachment/deployment mechanisms, signal processing circuitry, and at least one additional mass object, and (2) at least one door coupled to at least one of the plurality of walls, wherein the signal processing circuitry is operable to provide deployment sequencing that operates the at least one door.
RIDESHARE ADAPTER, A CONFIGURABLE-MASS, DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE RIDESHARE DISPENSER FOR A RIDESHARE ADAPTER, AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE RIDESHARE DISPENSER
2020-10-01
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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