公开(公告)号：US11352150B2

公开(公告)日：2022-06-07

申请号：US16773920

申请日：2020-01-27

申请人： MOMENTUS INC.

发明人： Matthew Parman ,  Joel Sercel ,  Mikhail Kokorich ,  James Small ,  Nicholas Simon ,  Nathan Orr ,  Samuel Avery ,  Scott Stanley

IPC分类号： B64G1/40 ,  B64G1/54

摘要： A spacecraft structure for transporting propellant to be consumed by a thruster includes storing the propellant in the spacecraft in a solid state during at least a portion of a take-off procedure and supplying the propellant to the thruster in a liquid or vaporous state when the spacecraft is in space.

公开(公告)号：US20220177166A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-09

申请号：US17437044

申请日：2020-03-05

申请人： MOMENTUS INC.

发明人： Mikhail Kokorich ,  Joel Sercel ,  Aaron Mitchell ,  Gedi Minster ,  Yuqi Wang ,  Lee Wilson ,  James Small

IPC分类号： B64G1/40 ,  F02K9/56 ,  F17C7/04

摘要： To manage propellant in a spacecraft, the method of this disclosure includes storing propellant in a tank as a mixture of liquid and gas; transferring the propellant out of the tank; converting the mixture of liquid and gas propellant into a single phase, where the single phase is either liquid or gaseous; and supplying the single phase of the propellant to a thruster.

公开(公告)号：US20200290755A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-17

申请号：US16773920

申请日：2020-01-27

申请人： MOMENTUS INC.

发明人： Matthew Parman ,  Joel Sercel ,  Mikhail Kokorich ,  James Small ,  Nicholas Simon ,  Nathan Orr ,  Samuel Avery ,  Scott Stanley

IPC分类号： B64G1/40 ,  B64G1/54

摘要： A method in a spacecraft for transporting propellant to be consumed by a thruster includes storing the propellant in the spacecraft in a solid state during at least a portion of a take-off procedure and supplying the propellant to the thruster in a liquid or vaporous state when the spacecraft is in space.

公开(公告)号：US20200283174A1

公开(公告)日：2020-09-10

申请号：US16773901

申请日：2020-01-27

申请人： MOMENTUS INC.

发明人： Mikhail Kokorich ,  Joel Sercel ,  Aaron Mitchell ,  Gedi Minster ,  Yuqi Wang ,  Lee Wilson ,  James Small

IPC分类号： B64G1/40 ,  F17C7/04 ,  F02K9/56

摘要： To manage propellant in a spacecraft, the method of this disclosure includes storing propellant in a tank as a mixture of liquid and gas; transferring the propellant out of the tank; converting the mixture of liquid and gas propellant into a single phase, where the single phase is either liquid or gaseous; and supplying the single phase of the propellant to a thruster.

公开(公告)号：US20210197987A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US16775084

申请日：2020-01-28

申请人： MOMENTUS INC.

发明人： Mikhail Kokorich ,  Joel Sercel

IPC分类号： B64G1/00 ,  B64G1/24 ,  B64G1/36 ,  G05D1/00

摘要： To efficiently delivering payloads to respective orbits, a payload is received from a launch vehicle at a spacecraft operating as an orbital transfer vehicle. The payload is transferred, using the spacecraft, to a second orbit in accordance with a predefined fixed schedule that specifies at least the second orbit and a plurality of times at which the spacecraft transitions between the first and the at least second orbit.

公开(公告)号：US20210122502A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-29

申请号：US16687614

申请日：2019-11-18

申请人： MOMENTUS INC.

发明人： Mikhail Kokorich ,  Aaron Mitchell

IPC分类号： B64G1/64 ,  B64G1/40 ,  B64G1/10 ,  B64G1/00

摘要： A system for delivery to space on a launch vehicle includes a first payload configured to directly couple to an adapter structure of the launch vehicle, a second payload configured to directly couple to the adapter structure of the launch vehicle, and a tether between the first payload and the second payload. Subsequently to separation from the launch vehicle, the first payload is configured to move relative to the second payload, using the tether, to dock with the second payload.