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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Harold A. Rosen, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 1/36 (2006.01); B64G 1/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/242 (2013.01); B64G 1/244 (2019.05); B64G 1/363 (2013.01); B64G 1/407 (2013.01); B64G 1/443 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for the control of the attitude of earth orbiting satellites and the orbit and attitude control of a novel gravitational wave detection satellite configuration located near the sun-earth Lagrangian points L3, L4 and L5, utilizing the control of solar radiation pressure by the use of electrically controllable variable reflection glass panels to provide the torques and forces needed.