Spacecraft servicing devices or pods and related methods may be configured to be deployed from a carrier spacecraft and include at least one spacecraft servicing component configured to perform at least one servicing operation on the target spacecraft. The spacecraft servicing devices may be configured to be transported from an initial orbit to another orbit after the spacecraft servicing device is deployed from the carrier spacecraft.
Method of servicing a spacecraft using a pod secured by another spacecraft
2025-07-15
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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