# Robert A. Citron — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Robert A. Citron has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [A Rotating Space Station for Catching and Launching Cargo](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/7503526/supersonic-retropropulsion) — granted 2009
  A patent for a rotating space station that uses long, extendable cables to catch and release cargo payloads while orbiting a planet.

**Full profile:** https://patentbrief.org/inventor/robert-a-citron

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