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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Space Systems/loral, Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventor:
Philip Conway Hirschberg, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Space Systems/Loral, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/26 (2006.01); B64G 1/38 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/38 (2013.01); B64G 1/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques for performing an orbital maneuver on a spacecraft by firing a thruster include executing a first double pulse, double coast firing (DPDC) sequence with the thruster prior to the orbital maneuver, firing the thruster for a duration of the orbital maneuver, and executing a second DPDC firing sequence with the thruster subsequent to the orbital maneuver.