Spacecraft configuration permitting a continuous three-axes attitude control
US4374579A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 16, 1980 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 16, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64G1/365
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A spacecraft configuration including a service module which carries optical stabilizing equipment for stabilizing the spacecraft relative to two inertially fixed targets together with solar arrays rigidly attached thereto so as to extend in the orbital plane and never obstruct the field of view of the optical stabilization equipment. The payload module is attached to one face of the service module by means of rotary interface structure to be able to continuously point to the earth.
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