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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2023
Ast & Science, Llc, Midland, TX (US);
Darko Filipi, Washington, DC (US);
Abel Avellan, Coral Gables, FL (US);
William E. Bialke, Trumansburg, NY (US);
Daniele Addari, London, GB;
Darren J. Zanon, Falls Church, VA (US);
Adam H. Halperin, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Huiwen Yao, Potomac, MD (US);
AST & Science, LLC, Midland, TX (US);
Abstract
A spacecraft has a flat antenna array having an edge and a middle portion. A reconfigurable reaction-momentum wheel is coupled to the antenna array to roll and/or pitch the antenna array in small magnitudes. The reconfigurable reaction-momentum has a reaction operating state or mode (high-torque, low momentum) and a momentum operating state or mode (low-torque, high momentum). A thruster is coupled to the antenna array to move the antenna array.