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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
May. 01, 2019
Applicant:
United Launch Alliance, L.l.c., Centennial, CO (US);
Inventors:
Eric W. Monda, Highlands Ranch, CO (US);
Bernard F. Kutter, Golden, CO (US);
Assignee:
UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE, L.L.C., Centennial, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/646 (2013.01); B64G 1/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of achieving orbital rendezvous with a target satellite includes launching a spacecraft with a launch vehicle at an optimal time; steering the launch vehicle out-of-plane based on the orbital elements of the target satellite's orbit; and entering a predetermined rendezvous envelope of the target satellite before the target satellite completes one complete orbit from the target satellite's position at the optimal time.