US 12,065,271 B2
Pre-deployment battery power conservation for spacecraft
Mohammed Faraz Admani, Redmond, WA (US); Pieter Buysschaert, Kirkland, WA (US); Andrew D. Roberts, Duvall, WA (US); and Garrett P. Simard, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,486.
Application 17/574,486 is a continuation of application No. 15/930,415, filed on May 12, 2020, granted, now 11,254,451.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/847,750, filed on May 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135258 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. B64G 1/42 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01)
CPC B64G 1/428 (2013.01) [B64G 1/002 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spacecraft launch system, comprising:
a launch vehicle; and
at least one spacecraft removably attached to the launch vehicle, wherein the at least one spacecraft includes one or more power-consuming devices in an inactive state, wherein the one or more power-consuming devices of the at least one spacecraft are activated to an active state based on signals received by the at least one spacecraft after lift-off from Earth but prior to release from the launch vehicle.