SYSTEM OF CONCLUSION TO THE ORBIT OF SEVERAL SPACE DEVICES

摘要

A system of simultaneous launching of several spacecraft (10), which can be adapted for placement inside the payload area (20) of the booster fairing (14). The launch system may consist of the first spacecraft (16), the second spacecraft (18) with the possibility of subsequent docking to the first spacecraft (16) and oriented relative to the first spacecraft (16) in such a way that the load of the first spacecraft (16) is transferred to the second spacecraft (18) and maintained by it. In certain modifications, the first and second spacecraft (16, 18) can be equipped with either an electric motor (40) or a hybrid chemical and electric engine (42). The use of electric and hybrid electric and chemical engines (40, 42) allows the second spacecraft (18) to withstand all or a significant part of the starting load of the first spacecraft (16), thereby eliminating the need to use an additional supporting structure.