Method and apparatus for spacecraft attitude control using polynomial interpolation
US9061775B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 24, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jun 23, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 3, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB64G1/32
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system is provided for reducing an amount of information transmitted to a vehicle in order to implement attitude control of the vehicle. In accordance with the present invention, data corresponding to at least one time-varying attitude command trajectory defining an attitude of the vehicle is reduced, for example, into a vector of polynomial coefficients. The vector of polynomial coefficients then are transmitted to the vehicle, where they are used to reconstruct the at least one time-varying attitude command trajectory via a polynomial interpolation operation.
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