System for recovering a spacecraft at sea, method of recovery and use associated therewith

摘要

The invention relates to a system (100) for recovering a spacecraft at sea comprising a frame (110) intended to be kept at distance from the water, a first flexible net (120) for capturing the spacecraft after its fall, the first net being stretched inside the frame, a damping system (130) connected to the first net and configured to cushion the fall of the spacecraft, and a second rigid net (140) fixed to the frame under the first net to guide and recover the spacecraft once captured in the first net, the second net having the shape of a funnel comprising an upper opening (141) and a lower opening (142) having a section smaller than that of the upper opening. The invention also relates to a method of recovering a spacecraft and to using the recovery system to recover a part of a space launcher. Figure for the abstract: Fig. 1.