Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to techniques for transitioning a spacecraft from a power-saving state to a power-consuming state at a time after launch of the spacecraft on a launch vehicle. Because the spacecraft can detect conditions for transitioning to the power-consuming state, commands received via an umbilical connection to the launch vehicle, or detecting the presence or absence of such a connection, is unnecessary, thereby removing several technical barriers to eliminating such umbilical connections altogether.
PRE-DEPLOYMENT BATTERY POWER CONSERVATION FOR SPACECRAFT
2022-05-05
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
Pre-deployment battery power conservation for spacecraft
European Patent Office | 2022
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