SPACECRAFT FOR SERVICING ON-ORBIT AUTOMATIC SPACECRAFT AND METHOD FOR DOCKING SERVICING SPACECRAFT WITH FAULTY ROTATING SPACECRAFT Russian patent published in 2016 - IPC B64G1/64 B25J1/08 

FIELD: astronautics.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to services (including refueling) of automatic spacecrafts (SC) in orbit. SC service (SCS) contains a junction with SC, power plant, manipulator for capturing the SC, manipulator for capturing, transfer and replacement (MTR) of SC and SCS hardware units, SC refilling means, spare hardware units for repair of SC. MTR is made movable along the SC housing, and its end is equipped with a device for diagnostic of SC hardware units. Manipulator for SC capturing is made on rotary platform. On the SCS housing a hardware for diagnostic faulty SC twist parameters can be placed. When SCS joining the rotating served SC their longitudinal axis are combined. Rotary platform is swirled with manipulator for SC capturing up to SC angular rotation speed, perform capture of the SC, decelerate relative rotation of the SC and SCS by means of platform and SCS power plant. Cease the SC capture and move SCS to joining using the regular junction.

EFFECT: technical result of the group of inventions is to expand opportunities for maintenance on SC with different types of failures and to improve the efficiency of grouping the SC in orbit.

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