FIELD: cosmonautics.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to systems for docking and undocking of spaceships or their parts. Mechanism for launching nanosatellites contains a grid between nozzles of jet engines, in nodes of which there are palmar grips with nanosatellites clamped in them, one in each gripper with the possibility of releasing nanosatellites in turn when the carrier vehicle enters the calculated orbit of the nanosatellite. Palm grip is a device in the centre of the receiving cone of which there is a hemispherical recess, in the centre of which there is a spring-loaded control button. On the walls of the hemispherical recess there are springs with about 10 links. Palm grip has at least four C-shaped retractable pins consisting of one third of the length of dielectric-diamagnetic material and of two-thirds of the length of ferromagnetic material. Fingers have width of 0.5-3 cm and are inserted into channels, each of which has the shape of an incomplete open ring. Channel has an inductance coil in the middle part and closers in the far blind part with the possibility of abrupt extension of the dielectric-diamagnetic part of the retractable pins during manual installation of the nanosatellite and its abrupt retraction into the channel when the nanosatellite is launched. Closers are made with possibility of actuation by means of worm gear with fixation of retractable pins. Receiving cone is equipped with a cover that can be opened before launching the nanosatellite and closed after launching.
EFFECT: enlarging the arsenal of spacecraft docking means, manual docking before launching nanosatellites with means of their insertion into orbit, automatic launching of nanosatellites into orbit of the launching means, simple tactile control of worm gearing of palmar grips, provision of sharp retraction of fingers during nanosatellite launching.
1 cl, 5 dwg
