Patent ID: 11926441
Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An orbit transition apparatus that orbits Earth at an initial orbit and that transitions a payload in outer space from the initial orbit to a target orbit around the Earth, the orbit transition apparatus comprising:
a rotating body comprising:
a flywheel center part,
a ring-shaped flywheel peripheral part disposed outside of the flywheel center part,
a connecting part that connects the flywheel center part and the flywheel peripheral part, and
a balancing part on the connecting part and positioned symmetrically to the payload relative to the flywheel center part;

an adapter disposed on the flywheel center part of the rotating body for docking the payload, wherein the adapter is rotatable independently from the flywheel center part in a forward direction and a reverse direction;
a launch module disposed on the flywheel peripheral part of the rotating body for launching the payload; and
a thruster disposed on the flywheel peripheral part for rotating the rotating body,
wherein the payload is conveyed along, via a driver motor, the connecting part of the rotating body from the adapter to the launch module, and wherein the launch module launches the payload to the target orbit using only a rotational force of a rotating body.