Abstract: A device for electrical connection intended to connect a super-insulating mattress to a structural panel of a spacecraft, said connection device comprising: a conducting sleeve having an axis extending in a first direction, said sleeve comprising a device for axial fastening of the insulating mattress and a support, a conductive pin suitable for being arranged in said sleeve, an elastic element carried by said support, said elastic element being suitable for exerting a force on the pin in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction in order to press the pin against the sleeve. A method for assembling a female portion of a device for electrical connection to a super-insulating mattress, a super-insulating mattress and a spacecraft.

Abstract: A satellite includes: at least one optical photography instrument including a main lens having an optical axis and the optical instrument having a field of view; at least one launcher interface system, intended for being removably secured to a satellite interface system of a launcher of the satellite; a linking device between the launcher interface and the optical instrument extending substantially parallel to the optical axis of the main lens between an upper end and a lower end; the launcher interface system is connected to the linking device by the lower end and the optical axis of the optical instrument is directed from the upper end towards the lower end of the linking device, the launcher interface system being outside the field of view of the instrument.

Abstract: Disclosed is a satellite which includes: at least one optical photography instrument including a main lens having an optical axis and the optical instrument having a field of view; at least one launcher interface system, intended for being removably secured to a satellite interface system of a launcher of the satellite; a linking device between the launcher interface and the optical instrument extending substantially parallel to the optical axis of the main lens between an upper end and a lower end; the launcher interface system is connected to the linking device by the lower end and the optical axis of the optical instrument is directed from the upper end towards the lower end of the linking device, the launcher interface system being outside the field of view of the instrument.

Abstract: A device for electrical connection intended to connect a super-insulating mattress to a structural panel of a spacecraft, said connection device comprising: a conducting sleeve having an axis extending in a first direction, said sleeve comprising a device for axial fastening of the insulating mattress and a support, a conductive pin suitable for being arranged in said sleeve, an elastic element carried by said support, said elastic element being suitable for exerting a force on the pin in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction in order to press the pin against the sleeve. A method for assembling a female portion of a device for electrical connection to a super-insulating mattress, a super-insulating mattress and a spacecraft.