A satellite stack includes satellites arranged in a stack, where each satellite in the stack has a planar portion with an associated support structure and a subsystems housing containing satellite subsystems extending along an edge of the planar portion. For each satellite, a height of the subsystems housing is greater than a combined height of the planar portion and the associated support structure. Each satellite is oriented at a nonzero rotational angle with respect to the satellite immediately beneath, such that no satellite has its subsystems housing positioned directly above the subsystems housing of the satellite immediately beneath.
SATELLITES AND SATELLITE STACKS FOR LAUNCH
2025-07-24
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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