ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,411, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Astroscale Holdings Inc (Tokyo).
"Method and system for multi-object space debris removal" was invented by Michael Lindsay (Tokyo) and Takashi Iwai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for rendezvous with an orbiting object comprising: launching a tug and a servicer into a client orbit; separating the servicer from the tug; and docking the servicer with a client. According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided system for rendezvous with an orbiting object comprising: a first spacecraft comprisin...