A scalable, extensible, multi-tenancy multi-mission configurable spacecraft system is provided that allows applications to be deployed and managed across many spacecraft. One embodiment includes a plurality of satellites in orbit, where each satellite includes an antenna, a memory configured to store a non-virtualized operating system and one or more software applications, and a processor connected to the antenna and the memory. The processor is configured to run the non-virtualized operating system and to run the one or more software applications. The processors and the applications can be managed by ground terminals or other satellites.

In some aspects, this disclosure relates to improved Z-grade materials, such as those used for shielding, systems incorporating such materials, and processes for making such Z-grade materials. In some examples, the Z-grade material includes a diffusion zone including mixed metallic alloy material with both a high atomic number material and a lower atomic number material. In certain examples, a process for making Z-grade material includes combining a high atomic number material and a low atomic number material, and bonding the high atomic number material and the low atomic number together using diffusion bonding. The processes may include vacuum pressing material at an elevated temperature, such as a temperature near a softening or melting point of the low atomic number material. In another aspect, systems such as a vault or an electronic enclosure are disclosed, where one or more surfaces of Z-grade material make up part or all of the vault/enclosure.

The present relates to a quantum communication system for free space quantum key distribution. An emitter and a receiver, the emitter and the receiver are two points distanced by a free space quantum communication channel, the emitter being designed for wirelessly transmitting data to the receiver via said free space optical communication channel. The receiver includes an optical device capable of receiving the data within a predetermined field of view extending from said optical device toward the receiver. The system is characterized in that the emitter further comprises a light protecting device attached on said emitter. The light protecting device is configured to prevent any light coming from the environment beyond the emitter to enter within the field of view of the receiver. The invention further relates to a method for optimizing free space quantum key distribution.

The present invention relates to a table (2) on which additive manufacturing is carried out; a plurality of panels (3) which are produced by the additive manufacturing method and surround a plurality of satellite elements (E) such as payload, satellite electronic circuits and mechanisms such that they protect the satellite elements (E) from space conditions, wherein satellite elements (E) are mounted on the panels (3) in a removable manner; at least one hinge (4) which allows the panels (3) to rotate around each other, and produced by additive manufacturing method in an integrated manner with the panels (3).

In some aspects, this disclosure relates to improved Z-grade materials, such as those used for shielding, systems incorporating such materials, and processes for making such Z-grade materials. In some examples, the Z-grade material includes a diffusion zone including mixed metallic alloy material with both a high atomic number material and a lower atomic number material. In certain examples, a process for making Z-grade material includes combining a high atomic number material and a low atomic number material, and bonding the high atomic number material and the low atomic number together using diffusion bonding. The processes may include vacuum pressing material at an elevated temperature, such as a temperature near a softening or melting point of the low atomic number material. In another aspect, systems such as a vault or an electronic enclosure are disclosed, where one or more surfaces of Z-grade material make up part or all of the vault/enclosure.

An insulation panel includes a face sheet hermetically coupled to a plurality of structural walls to define a plurality of cell bodies, with each cell body positioned contiguously with an adjacent cell body. An insulation structure is disposed within each cell body and further includes a first radiant barrier layer, a second radiant barrier layer, and a spacer disposed between the first radiant barrier layer and the second radiant barrier layer. Sealed cells formed by completing the cell bodies may contain a gas that condenses or freezes in response to cryogenic cooling of a structure to which the insulation panel is coupled. Load-responsive spacers may also be disposed between the insulation structure and the face sheet to support the face sheet while in atmospheric conditions and to disengage from the face sheet in low pressure environments, such as space.

A control device includes a computation section that computes information related to an effect of radiation received by a rover based on error information of a processing device provided to the rover, and a control section that performs control so as to reduce the effect of radiation received by the rover based on the information related to an effect of radiation computed by the computation section.

The invention comprises a system of using small, hidden, machine-to-machine (M2M) chips to track automobiles through the radio emissions of the chips, and to use M2M chips as a defense against theft generally, by tracking potentially stolen items through the radio emissions of M2M chips. Users can monitor potential theft of the different parts of an automobile because the chips embedded into the automobile components will be constantly communicating with each other. Spacecraft and other near-earth objects, and drones, can also be tracked by M2M chips, that can be designed in a manner that makes them extremely difficult to find. The M2M chips can be designed in numerous different shapes, and use very little power. Some of the M2M chips are silicon wafer chips with small logic gates.

A spacecraft includes a body defining an interior payload region and a particle dispersion layer disposed between the interior payload region and one or more exterior surfaces of the body. The particle dispersion layer is formed of one or more magnets having a persistent magnetic field. The spacecraft including the particle dispersion layer may be manufactured by obtaining a particle dispersion layer having a persistent magnetic field, identifying a directionality of the persistent magnetic field of the particle dispersion layer, and installing the particle dispersion layer between an interior payload region formed by a body of a spacecraft and one or more exterior surfaces of the body according to the identified directionality of the persistent magnetic field.

Example aspects of a deployed electromagnetic radiation deflector shield assembly and a method for using a deployed electromagnetic radiation deflector shield are disclosed. The deployed electromagnetic radiation deflector shield assembly can comprise a base station on a ground surface; a deployed electromagnetic radiation deflector shield comprising an electromagnet configured to generate a magnetic field configured to deflect radiation from a radiation source; and an upright supporting the deployed electromagnetic radiation deflector shield at a distance away from the base station, and wherein the distance is configured to prevent the magnetic field from interfering with the base station.