Method and apparatus for tracking satellites in inclined orbits
US5077561A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 8, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 31, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S3/44
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A computerized antenna mount system for continuously tracking a satellite in geosynchronous orbit that has an inclined orbit with respect to the equator. An antenna mount that automatically adjusts the declination angle of a ground station satellite antenna as a function of time after iteratively compiling the declination angle history from one complete orbit of a satellite. Different satellite orbits may be so compiled with selection of each satellite and its corresponding orbit information from memory.
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