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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Marcello Romano, Monterey, CA (US);
Paul Oppenheimer, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marcello Romano, Monterey, CA (US);
Paul Oppenheimer, Pacific Grove, CA (US);
Assignee:
United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/28 (2006.01); G01C 19/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/286 (2013.01); G01C 19/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
An agile attitude control system (AACS) that is a three axis attitude control device for small spacecraft based on miniature single gimbal control moment gyroscopes (SGCMGs) actuators. The AACS enables agile attitude slewing and accurate pointing/tracking for spacecraft made of multiple CubeSat units, or, more generally, for nanosatellites.