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Title: System and methods for deploying payloads

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention include systems for launching primary or secondary payloads or actuating other launch vehicle or payload or instrumentation devices. The system includes an adapter assembly and at least one sequencer mounted to the adapter assembly. The sequencer includes: controller boards, each of the controller boards having a controller for controlling deployment of the payloads and data files; output ports coupled to the controller boards and configured to transmit signals from the controller boards to dispensers therethrough, deployment mechanisms containing the payloads, the adapter assembly having channels for accommodating the dispensers; and a detector coupled to the controller boards and adapted to detect an external signal and, in response to the external signal, to send an initiation signal to the controller boards. The system also includes at least one power supply coupled to the sequencer and adapted to provide an electrical power to the sequencer.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
OSTI Identifier:
1892836
Patent Number(s):
11305896
Application Number:
16/005,657
Assignee:
The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Washington, DC)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
B - PERFORMING OPERATIONS B64 - AIRCRAFT B64G - COSMONAUTICS
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 06/11/2018
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING

Citation Formats

Ghassemieh, Shakib M., Ricks, Robert D., Friedericks, Charles R., Mai, Nghia, Hines, John W., Brownston, Lee S., and Ross, Shannon S. System and methods for deploying payloads. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Ghassemieh, Shakib M., Ricks, Robert D., Friedericks, Charles R., Mai, Nghia, Hines, John W., Brownston, Lee S., & Ross, Shannon S. System and methods for deploying payloads. United States.
Ghassemieh, Shakib M., Ricks, Robert D., Friedericks, Charles R., Mai, Nghia, Hines, John W., Brownston, Lee S., and Ross, Shannon S. Tue . "System and methods for deploying payloads". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1892836.
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title = {System and methods for deploying payloads},
author = {Ghassemieh, Shakib M. and Ricks, Robert D. and Friedericks, Charles R. and Mai, Nghia and Hines, John W. and Brownston, Lee S. and Ross, Shannon S.},
abstractNote = {Embodiments of the present invention include systems for launching primary or secondary payloads or actuating other launch vehicle or payload or instrumentation devices. The system includes an adapter assembly and at least one sequencer mounted to the adapter assembly. The sequencer includes: controller boards, each of the controller boards having a controller for controlling deployment of the payloads and data files; output ports coupled to the controller boards and configured to transmit signals from the controller boards to dispensers therethrough, deployment mechanisms containing the payloads, the adapter assembly having channels for accommodating the dispensers; and a detector coupled to the controller boards and adapted to detect an external signal and, in response to the external signal, to send an initiation signal to the controller boards. The system also includes at least one power supply coupled to the sequencer and adapted to provide an electrical power to the sequencer.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {2022},
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}

Works referenced in this record:

Compact External Launcher for Small Space Payloads
patent-application, March 2005


Platform and Launch Initiation System for Secondary Spacecraft for Launch Vehicle
patent-application, October 2012