Power management scheme for protecting components on board a spacecraft
US8792822B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 7, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 28, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/18519
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for protecting a power unit on a spacecraft may include a ground station. The ground station may include a power unit loading estimation and monitoring module for estimating a power loading level on a power unit of the spacecraft power unit. The ground station may also include a ground station power limiter to regulate a power of a signal for transmission from the ground station to the spacecraft to prevent overloading the spacecraft power unit. The power of the signal for transmission to the spacecraft may be regulated based at least in part on an estimated power loading level on the power unit of the spacecraft.
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