ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,582, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AGNIKUL COSMOS PRIVATE Ltd. (Chennai, India).
"Combined launch vehicle and satellite system" was invented by Syed Peer Mohamed Shah Khadri (Tamil Nadu, India) and Srinath Ravichandran (Tamil Nadu, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined launch vehicle and satellite system relates to the satellite combined with the launch vehicle's upper stage to provide a more efficient system that includes tank separation technology which allows the satellite system to shed tanks that have used up all the propellants stored therein. The method separation of the tank set is enabled by using a merman ban...