Autonomous spacecraft payload base motion estimation and correction
US6000661A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 22, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64G1/369
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A feedback motion compensation (FMC) component for use in a spacecraft having a payload. The FMC component includes a controller having sensor data inputs and an open loop dynamics model that is driven by actuator commands to produce a high accuracy attitude estimate suitable for payload motion compensation.
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