US Patent Issued to Rogue Space Systems on Sept. 1 for "Spacecraft that provides operating resources for externally docked modules" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,809, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Rogue Space Systems Corp. (Laconia, N.H.).

"Spacecraft that provides operating resources for externally docked modules" was invented by Barbara Ann Plante (Hayward, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method and the system of this invention center around the innovative concept of an orbit-independent spacecraft comprised of a physical structure that provides multiple docking devices placed in a spatial relationship and orientation on the exterior of the spacecraft. The docking devices provide a standard interface to the spacecraft by which to attach and detach modular components (payloads...