METHOD OF SPACE ERECTION OF COMPLEX FROM BUILDING BLOCKS IN NEAR-EARTH ORBIT Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: space erection of complexes. SUBSTANCE: blocks injected into orbit assembled and coupled together. Complex is assembled from standard folding and automatically opening blocks. Assembly is performed by means of assembly vehicle equipped with struts, cross-members, guide rollers, working platform in zone of assembly and injected into orbit and vehicles-containers. Before assembly, blocks are placed in vehicles-containers where they are fixed in folded state, after which vehicles-containers injected into orbit are docked to assembly vehicle and blocks are withdrawn from containers and freed from retainers. After expansion, blocks are passed through blocks where they are assembled and coupled together forming structure in form of torus. EFFECT: enhanced reliability. 2 cl, 4 dwg