MODULAR SPACESHIP Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC B64G1/22 

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: spaceship comprises unified modules with service and target hardware provided with walls of thickness sufficient for anti-radiation protection of electronic modules. Frame of modules carcass makes a load bearing structure to ensure spaceship stiffness in transfer of loads from carrier rocket in placing into orbit. Modules are jointed together by cold welding, that is, grinding in and penetrating properties of materials of adjacent modules. Carcass frame and faces of unit are made from high-heat conductivity material. Modules feature regular polyhedron shape that occupy spaceship volume assigned for modular spaceship with no cavities. Unit and provided with transport and diode thermal tubes to make heat sinks for radiators arranged on poorly illuminated spaceship faces. In preferable version, modules are unified by electronic interface to form multimodal data system. Note here that angle at carcass frame base equals that of spaceship orbit inclination.

EFFECT: higher reliability and safety, simplified design.

7 cl, 2 dwg