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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2016
Ihi Aerospace Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Masanobu Fujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Fumitaka Sugimura, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Amimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuya Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Hirotake Morisaki, Gunma, JP;
IHI AEROSPACE CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A spacecraftincludes wingsor an airframewhich generates lift in an atmosphere, a thrusterwhich accelerates or decelerates rotating speed in an orbit, an attitude controllerwhich controls an attitude of the airframe, and an orbital plane controllerwhich controls the orbital plane change. The orbital plane controller causes the spacecraftto enter the earth's atmospherewithin a pre-change orbital plane Fb (A→B→C), changes the orbital plane by using the lift of the wingsor airframein the earth's atmosphere(C→D→E), and then lifts the spacecraftup to the post-change orbital altitude (E→F).