Mohamed M Ragab, Age 71Sunnyvale, CA

8196868, Jun 12, 2012

Dec 29, 2011

13/340310

Bernard Friedrich Kutter - Centennial CO, US
Frank Charles Zegler - Centennial CO, US
Mohamed R. Ragab - Greenwood Village CO, US

United Launch Alliance, LLC - Englewood CO

B64G 1/52
B64G 1/58
B64G 1/00

2441717, 2441723, 2441725, 2441581

A cryogenic propellant depot and sunshield are provided for operation in earth orbit to fuel or refuel other space vehicles. The sunshield is deployed to effectively mitigate solar radiation emanating from the earth and the sun thereby providing a long term storage solution for cryogenic fluids prone to boil-off. The depot has supporting subsystems to include station keeping equipment and communication equipment so that the depot can be independently controlled. Inflatable booms are used to deploy the sunshield in a desired pattern around the depot.

8196869, Jun 12, 2012

Dec 29, 2011

13/340333

Bernard Friedrich Kutter - Centennial CO, US
Frank Charles Zegler - Centennial CO, US
Cliff E. Willey - Frederica DE, US
John K. Lin - Frederica DE, US
Mohamed M. Ragab - Centennial CO, US
Michael W. Dew - Centennial CO, US

United Launch Alliance, LLC - Englewood CO

B64G 1/52
B64G 1/58
B64G 1/00

2441717, 2441723, 2441725, 2441581

A cryogenic propellant depot and sunshield are provided for operation in earth orbit to fuel or refuel other space vehicles. The sunshield is deployed to effectively mitigate solar radiation emanating from the earth and the sun thereby providing a long term storage solution for cryogenic fluids prone to boil-off. The depot has supporting subsystems to include station keeping equipment and communication equipment so that the depot can be independently controlled. Inflatable booms are used to deploy the sunshield in a desired pattern around the depot.

2010018, Jul 29, 2010

Jan 23, 2009

12/359015

Bernard Friedrich Kutter - Centennial CO, US
Frank Charles Zegler - Centennial CO, US
Mohamed M. Ragab - Greenwood Village CO, US

B64G 1/54
B64G 1/64
B64G 1/00
F17C 7/02
F17C 1/00

2441717, 2441725, 2441731, 62 501, 62 511

A cryogenic propellant depot and sunshield are provided for operation in earth orbit to fuel or refuel other space vehicles. The sunshield is deployed to effectively mitigate solar radiation emanating from the earth and the sun thereby providing a long term storage solution for cryogenic fluids prone to boil-off. The depot has supporting subsystems to include station keeping equipment and communication equipment so that the depot can be independently controlled. Inflatable booms are used to deploy the sunshield in a desired pattern around the depot.

2010018, Jul 29, 2010

Jan 23, 2009

12/359033

Bernard Friedrich Kutter - Centennial CO, US
Frank Charles Zegler - Centennial CO, US
Cliff E. Willey - Frederica DE, US
John K. Lin - Frederica DE, US
Mohamed M. Ragab - Centennial CO, US
Michael W. Dew - Centennial CO, US

B64G 1/52
B64G 1/64
B64G 1/44
F17C 1/00

2441717, 2441725, 2441727, 62 532

A cryogenic propellant depot and sunshield are provided for operation in earth orbit to fuel or refuel other space vehicles. The sunshield is deployed to effectively mitigate solar radiation emanating from the earth and the sun thereby providing a long term storage solution for cryogenic fluids prone to boil-off. The depot has supporting subsystems to include station keeping equipment and communication equipment so that the depot can be independently controlled. Inflatable booms are used to deploy the sunshield in a desired pattern around the depot.

5322248, Jun 21, 1994

Mar 26, 1992

7/857876

Mohamed M. Ragab - San Diego CA

General Dynamics Corporation Space Systems Division - San Diego CA

B64G 114
F42B 1000
F42B 1501

244160

An arrangement for controlling the flight of a launch vehicle and a coupled payload, such a spaceplane, from launch to the separation of the payload from the vehicle. The launch vehicle is provided with controllable gimballed rocket engines and optionally with aerodynamic control surfaces, that are controlled by flight control systems. The payload having controlled flight surfaces has control systems that cooperate with those flight control systems carried by the launch vehicle to jointly control the coupled launch vehicle and coupled payload during coupled flight. The cooperating flight control systems provide open and closed loop control systems that react to winds measured prior to launch and atmospheric disturbances as indicated by on-board sensors during flight. The payload is mounted on the launch vehicle at a cant angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the launch vehicle to optimize its lift to the coupled launch vehicle and payload. Roll steering is also used to minimize the exposure of the vehicle's most critical plane to atmosphere disturbances and/or to maximize available control authority, in addition to pitch and yaw steering.