Systems and methods for deploying spacecrafts

The present invention discloses systems and methods for deploying spacecrafts. In an example, a spacecraft system includes a plurality of spacecrafts in a stack. The stack has one or more layers, eachlayer includes at least two spacecrafts, and each spacecraft is releasably coupled to one or more adjacent spacecrafts in the stack. The spacecraft system also includes a controller configured to, for each layer, (i) cause the layer to release from the stack, and (ii) after the layer releases from the stack, cause the at least two spacecrafts in the layer to release from each other. 本发明公开了用于部署航天器的系统和方法。在实例中，种航天器系统包括堆叠中的多个航天器。所述堆叠具有个或更多个层，每个层均包括至少两个航天器，并且每个航天器均以可释放的方式联接到所述堆叠中的个或更多个相邻航天器。所述航天器系统还包括控制器，所述控制器被构造成，对于每个层：(i)致使所述层从所述堆叠释放，并且(ii)在将所述层从所述堆叠释放之后，致使所述层中的所述至少两个航天器从彼此释放。