SPACECRAFT AND JET ENGINE MODULE Russian patent published in 2006 - IPC B64G1/00 B64G1/40 F02K9/72 

FIELD: construction of spacecraft and arrangement of engine plants on them.

SUBSTANCE: proposed spacecraft includes load-bearing cylindrical body of central compartment with radial sheathing panels connected to it. Mounted on "north" and "south" sides of spacecraft are thermal panels for payload instruments and spacecraft service systems. Solar batteries are mounted on their outsides. Connected to central compartment on "zenith" and "ground" sides of spacecraft are package panels. Connected to package and thermal panels and to sheathing panels on " west" and "east" sides of spacecraft are engine panels. Mounted symmetrically on engine panels are sections of engines of equal thrust. Each section includes electrical jet engine (traction engine, for example stationary plasma engine) and gas jet engine (for dampening spacecraft after separation and relief of flywheels). Lines of action of engine thrust are inclined at different angles relative to spacecraft body axes and are shifted relative to center of mass of spacecraft.

EFFECT: possibility of using proposed spacecraft with engine module as accompanying payload at twin injection into space of main payload.

5 cl, 7 dwg