US 11,858,664 B1
Spacecraft for aerospace mission
Joseph Paul Shoer, Denver, CO (US); Jeffrey Allen Lewis, Littleton, CO (US); Brian Michael Sutter, Highlands Ranch, CO (US); Emily Elaine Boster, Littleton, CO (US); Timothy Michael Linn, Littleton, CO (US); Mark Andrew Johnson, Parker, CO (US); Jarvis T. Songer, Golden, CO (US); Edward Boneau Bierhaus, Golden, CO (US); and Weyman Albert Weems, Littleton, CO (US)
Assigned to Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed by LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US)
Filed on Jul. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/389,075.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/058,390, filed on Jul. 29, 2020.
Int. Cl. B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/58 (2006.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/105 (2013.01) [B64G 1/242 (2013.01); B64G 1/40 (2013.01); B64G 1/44 (2013.01); B64G 1/58 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); B64G 1/1064 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spacecraft comprising:
a frame supporting solar panels;
an end cap on a first side of the frame, the end cap comprising an antenna;
a shell comprising multiple petals, each of the petals being rotatably coupled to the frame to enclose the solar panels in a closed configuration of the shell and expose the solar panels in an open configuration of the shell; and
a heatshield on a second side of the frame that is opposite the first side.