SIDE-BY-SIDE DUAL-LAUNCH ARRANGEMENT WITH IMPROVED PAYLOAD COMPATIBILITY

摘要

A side-by-side dual-launch spacecraft arrangement is provided. The arrangement may include a dual-launch adaptor, a first spacecraft, and a second spacecraft. The first spacecraft and the second spacecraft may be mounted on the dual-launch adaptor and may be arranged side by side on the dual-launch adaptor. An aspect ratio of each of the first and second spacecraft may be within a range of 0.55 and 0.8.

主权项

1. A Geo-synchronous Earth-Orbit (GEO) side-by-side dual-launch spacecraft arrangement, comprising:
a dual-launch adaptor; a first core cylinder structure; a second core cylinder structure; a first spacecraft mounted on the dual-launch adaptor by the first core cylinder structure, the first spacecraft having a first aspect ratio, wherein the first spacecraft comprises:
a first payload component mounted on a first side of the first spacecraft; anda second payload component mounted on a second side of the first spacecraft, wherein the second side of the first spacecraft is opposite the first side of the first spacecraft; and a second spacecraft mounted on the dual-launch adaptor by the second core cylinder structure, wherein the first spacecraft and the second spacecraft are arranged side by side on the dual-launch adaptor, the second spacecraft having a second aspect ratio, wherein the second spacecraft comprises a first side and a second side, wherein the second spacecraft comprises a third payload component mounted on the first side of the second spacecraft, wherein:
each of the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio is within a range from 0.55 to 0.8, andeach of the first aspect ratio and the second aspect ratio is a ratio of a size of a corresponding spacecraft along a first lateral dimension and a size of the corresponding spacecraft along a second lateral dimension, the first and second lateral dimensions being perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to a height of the corresponding spacecraft.