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Data Processing: Vehicles, Navigation, And Relative Location > Vehicle Control, Guidance, Operation, Or Indication > Aeronautical Vehicle > Altitude Or Attitude Control Or Indication > Spacecraft Or Satellite

Spacecraft Or Satellite

Spacecraft Or Satellite patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.

10/26/06 - 20060241824 - Method of injecting plurality of spacecrafts into different orbits individually
Disclosed is a method for injecting a plurality of spacecrafts into different circum-earth or interplanetary orbits individually in a single launch. A plurality of spacecrafts coupled to an assist module are injected into an interplanetary orbit having a periodicity synchronous with the earth's revolution period. Then, in a maneuver for ...

06/22/06 - 20060136103 - Low earth orbit satellite command planning device and method, and low earth orbit satellite control system including the same
Disclosed is a command planning apparatus of a low-earth orbit satellite, and a low-earth orbit satellite control system including the same. The present invention automates the process of executing the command plan for converting the satellite task schedule planned on the ground into telecommands available by the satellite in the ...

05/11/06 - 20060100752 - Automatic operation system and method for automating satellite control operation and satellite ground control system using the same
Provided are an automatic operation system for automating satellite control operation, a method thereof, and an automatic satellite ground control system using the same. The object of the present research is to provide an automatic operation system that can reduce operation manpower and cost by automatically operating an entire satellite ...

05/04/06 - 20060095168 - Optical stabilization system
A method and apparatus are described for controlling the attitude of a vehicle (10) in a space having at least two opposed viewable regions (6, 7), each region being viewed by a respective first sensor (60, 70) for sensing a first frequency band of electromagnetic radiation and a respective second ...

11/03/05 - 20050246074 - System and method to enhance attitude estimation for transfer orbit maneuver
A system and method to enhance attitude estimation for transfer orbit maneuvers of a spinning satellite includes a transfer orbit earth sensor that can receive and convert an infrared radiance to an analog signal. The analog signal is provided to a hardware chord processor and an analog-to-digital converter. The hardware ...

11/03/05 - 20050246073 - Multiple stayout zones for ground-based bright object exclusion
A vehicle (12) including a control system (18) is used for controlling vehicle attitude or angular velocity (38). The processor (24) is coupled to a star sensor or tracker (22) and a memory (30) that may include a star catalog (32), and an exclusion list (36). The exclusion list (36), ...

11/03/05 - 20050246072 - Method and apparatus for real-time star exclusion from a database
A vehicle (12) including a control system (18) is used for controlling vehicle attitude or angular velocity (38). The processor (24) is coupled to a star sensor or tracker (22) and a memory (30) that may include a star catalog (32), and an exclusion list (36). The exclusion list (36), ...

09/01/05 - 20050192719 - Navigational system and method utilizing sources of pulsed celestial radiation
A system and method for navigation utilizing sources of pulsed celestial radiation are provided. A spacecraft, satellite, or other vehicle (12) has a pulse sensor (22) mounted thereto for detecting signal pulses (14) generated by a plurality of pulsars or other celestial objects (16). The detected signal pulses (14) are ...

08/18/05 - 20050182529 - Phase recovery filtering techniques for scp throughput shortage
This invention introduces innovative filtering techniques to recover the instability phase margin loss due to time delay induced from a throughput shortage problem of a spacecraft central processor (SCP). This invention relates to digital control systems and, more particularly, to a phase recovery filtering technique to alleviate spacecraft central computer ...

08/04/05 - 20050171653 - Satellite coverage region detection
A system and method for determining when a moving mobile platform will enter or exit a satellite coverage region. In a preferred form the method involves determining a plurality of boundary coordinates that define a satellite coverage region perimeter. A position of the mobile platform is monitored as the mobile ...

06/16/05 - 20050131592 - In-flight control system stability margin assessment
where “amin” is the reciprocal of the peak of the system sensitivity function. The method optionally includes redesigning and providing a new control law to the control system if deemed necessary. ...

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06/02/05 - 20050119803 - Method and system for balancing thrust demands
In the control of spacecraft, thrusters must generate a commanded force or torque that is computed from the control algorithms in order to maintain a certain attitude or orbit. In general, there is an infinite number of solutions as to how the thrusters are fired in order to achieve the ...



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