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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 2023
Filed:
May. 10, 2021
Airbus Defence and Space Sas, Toulouse, FR;
Philippe Laurens, Toulouse, FR;
AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS, Toulouse, FR;
Abstract
A method () for orbit control of a satellite () in Earth orbit and for desaturation of an angular momentum storage device of the satellite, the satellite () including an articulated arm () suitable for moving a propulsion unit () within a motion volume included in a half-space delimited by an orbital plane when the satellite is in a mission attitude, the method () including a single-arm control mode using only the propulsion unit () carried by the articulated arm (), the single-arm control mode using a maneuvering plan including only thrust maneuvers to be executed when the satellite () is located within an angular range of at most 180° centered on a target node in the orbit of the satellite (), including two thrust maneuvers to be performed respectively upstream and downstream of the target node.