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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2023
Applicant:
Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/244 (2019.05); B64G 1/1085 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01);
Abstract
For maneuvering a spacecraft, a method calculates a virtual point that represents a plurality of spacecraft orbiting in a spacecraft formation. The method further iteratively calculates an inner polytope boundary relative to the virtual point for a given spacecraft of the plurality of spacecraft. In response to determining the inner polytope boundary will be breached, the method maneuvers the given spacecraft to within the inner polytope boundary based on a switching condition, a guidance law, and model predictive control to minimize fuel consumption.