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Patent No.:

US 12304664 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 12, 2023

Maneuvering a spacecraft using an optimized guidance trajectory and model predictive control

Applicant:

Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT (US);

Inventors:

Tyson Smith, Logan, UT (US);

John Akagi, Logan, UT (US);

Greg Droge, Logan, UT (US);

Assignee:

Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT (US);

Attorneys:

ALAN EDWARDS

BRIAN KUNZLER

SCOTT THORPE

BRUCE NEEDHAM

DALE ANDERSEN

RYAN BRADY

Primary Examiner:

Wade Miles

Assistant Examiner:

Mohammed Yousef Abuelhawa

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Smith, Tyson. (2025). Maneuvering a spacecraft using an optimized guidance trajectory and model predictive control (U.S. Patent No. 12304664). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12304664

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