Abstract: A spacecraft for the distribution of electrical energy to client craft at points situated in free space, in orbit and/or on a celestial body includes a main structure equipped with an electric thruster, with a chemical thruster and with a solar generator, a first fuel container for fuel intended for the electric thruster, and a second fuel container for fuel intended for the chemical thruster. The spacecraft is able to be modulated such that the main structure can be coupled/decoupled alternatively to/from the first container or the second container, the first container and the second container are able to be coupled/decoupled to/from one another, and the solar generator can be deployed or retracted.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 13, 2023
Publication date:
March 14, 2024
Applicants:
Centre National d'Études Spatiales, Safran Spacecraft Propulsion, THALES
Inventors:
Pascal BULTEL, Gautier DURAND, Nicolas THIRY, Marie ANSART, Gilles BOUHOURS, Olivier DUCHEMIN, Frédéric MARCHANDISE