Patent ID: 9555905
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: B64G,G05D,G06F

Claim:
1. A system for removing debris, comprising: a plurality of active debris removal (ADR) vehicles for removing a rocket body, each of the plurality of ADR vehicles are delivered to space by a single launch vehicle and comprise a cowcatcher attached to a front of each of the plurality of ADR vehicles, and the cowcatcher configured to protect instruments and mechanisms on each of the plurality of ADr vehicles when entering a nozzle of the rocket body, wherein the single launch vehicle comprises a payload, the payload comprising the plurality of ADR vehicles, each of the plurality of ADR vehicles is oriented upside down on the payload with respect to the single launch vehicle, and the cowcatcher for each of the plurality of ADR vehicles is oriented towards a base of the single launch vehicle to transmit launch loads from the single launch vehicle to each of the plurality of ADR vehicles.