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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., Sacramento, CA (US);
Inventor:
Brian A. Koch, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., Sacramento, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/42 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/428 (2012.12);
Abstract
A spacecraft propulsion system including a first thruster system including a first power processing unit connected to a first thruster string via a crossover switching unit and connected to a second thruster string via the crossover switching unit. A second thruster system including a second power processing unit connected to the second thruster string via the crossover switching unit and to the first thruster string via the crossover switching unit. A controller is connected to each of the first power processing unit, the second power processing unit, and the crossover switching unit.