US Patent Issued to Astroscale Holdings on Nov. 25 for "Method and device for capture of tumbling space objects" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,603, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Astroscale Holdings Inc. (Tokyo).

"Method and device for capture of tumbling space objects" was invented by Michael Lindsay (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 comprising: propelling a servicing spacecraft to an object; deploying one or more counter mass(es) away from a servicing spacecraft bus to offset the center of mass of the servicing spacecraft into an empty volume; approaching the object, by the servicing spacecraft; positioning the center of mass of the servicing spacecraft in approximately the same location a...