MAGNETIC COUPLING TYPE SPACECRAFT PLATFORM

PURPOSE:To make a spacecraft platform constructible as one structural body without giving any adverse effect on environmental conditions in both elements by connecting the rotating element at the outside to the nonrotating element at the inside through magnetic force in a noncontact state. CONSTITUTION:A spacecraft platform is constituted of a nonrotating element 1 at a central part capable of offering microgravity for space environmental utilization such as the rearing of flora and fauna in space, various astronomical observations, science and engineering experiments and so on, and both rotating elements 5, 6 to generate artificial gravity and offer such environment as making a human being active so comfortably over a long period of time. In this case, the nonrotating element 1 and the rotating elements 5, 6 are coupled together in noncontact by a magnetic coupling part 7. This noncontact part 7 is made into a structure coupled with a rotary coupling part 14 magnetically in and around a nonrotating coupling part 13 or a part of the nonrotating element 1 via a void 15, and thereby it is constituted so as to have both relatively rotated by a motor 16.