Title:
SPACECRAFT THERMAL AND FLUID MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/181117
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
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.
Inventors:
KOKORICH MIKHAIL (US)
SERCEL JOEL (US)
MITCHELL AARON (US)
MINSTER GEDI (US)
WANG YUQI (US)
WILSON LEE (US)
SMALL JAMES (US)
SERCEL JOEL (US)
MITCHELL AARON (US)
MINSTER GEDI (US)
WANG YUQI (US)
WILSON LEE (US)
SMALL JAMES (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2020/021237
Publication Date:
November 19, 2020
Filing Date:
March 05, 2020
Export Citation:
Assignee:
MOMENTUS INC (US)
International Classes:
B64G1/40; F02K9/44
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ELKIN, Vyacheslav (US)
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