Method and apparatus for determining spacecraft maneuvers
US8880246B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 14, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 14, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64G1/245
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are presented for spacecraft operation in which a control problem is formulated using a control law or steering law as a path constraint or as a dynamic constraint, and the control problem is solved to provide a guidance command trajectory for use in operating spacecraft control momentum gyroscopes to guide the spacecraft from an initial state to a desired final state.
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