US 12,258,151 B2
Satellite dispensing system
Eric Eckstein, Renton, WA (US)
Assigned to Blue Origin, LLC, Kent, WA (US)
Filed by Blue Origin, LLC, Kent, WA (US)
Filed on Apr. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/296,459.
Application 18/296,459 is a continuation of application No. 17/401,152, filed on Aug. 12, 2021, granted, now 11,649,074.
Prior Publication US 2023/0242282 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. B64G 1/64 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/641 (2013.01) [B64G 1/643 (2023.08)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A satellite dispensing controller, comprising:
a processor programmed to:
determine a first time to release a diagonal strut that secures a first satellite stack of multiple satellite stacks to a rocket;
generate an instruction to release the diagonal strut securing the first satellite stack to the rocket at the first time;
generate an instruction to release a securing element that secures a second satellite stack of the multiple satellite stacks to the rocket;
generate satellite dispensing data that includes the instruction to release the diagonal strut securing the first satellite stack and the instruction to release the securing element securing the second satellite stack;
an output configured to transmit the satellite dispensing data to a communication module on the rocket.