Patent ID: 9352854
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: B64G

Claim Text:
1. A spacecraft for the transportation of a payload into an orbit, comprising: a transport device for holding the payload; and a space flight drive for propelling the spacecraft in a direction of flight of the spacecraft for the purposes of transporting the payload into the orbit, comprising: a fuel tank for holding a fuel; an oxidizer tank for holding an oxidizer; a combustion chamber device for conversion of the fuel by the oxidizer; a propulsion nozzle device adjoining the combustion chamber device; and a shroud device surrounding the propulsion nozzle device annularly at least in sections for production of an air sheath flow during the flight of the spacecraft through atmosphere; wherein: the space flight drive is an engine stage that is separable from the transport device for holding the payload; and the shroud device is arranged entirely inside of a projection of an outer contour of the transport device along a longitudinal axis of the transport device.