METHOD OF ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION OF FLYING VEHICLE PARTS Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: aero-space engineering; interorbital maneuvering of parts of composite flying vehicle, mainly space vehicle. SUBSTANCE: parts of flying vehicle are accelerated or decelerated in orbit about celestial body; one part is accelerated or decelerated relative to other part along direction in horizon plane at angle of 60 deg of center of mass of flying vehicle and plane of orbit; at deceleration, one part is decelerated relative to another one at angle of 30 deg to orbital plane. For acceleration of flying vehicle parts, use may be made of solenoidal electromagnetic accelerator; ropes or other devices may be additionally used for deceleration. EFFECT: considerable change of orbit of one of parts of flying vehicle at limited change of orbit of another part. 2 dwg