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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2023
Applicant:
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Karpenko, Salinas, CA (US);
Isaac M. Ross, Monterey, CA (US);
Joshua Levitas, Monterey, CA (US);
Roberto Cristi, Pebble Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/244 (2019.05); G05D 1/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for controlling an attitude of a spacecraft, the spacecraft including an attitude control system operatively associated with a ground-based spacecraft control system. According to an exemplary embodiment, the spacecraft attitude control system uses a B-spline interpolator for commanding the spacecraft. The methods and systems disclosed herein can be implemented in, for example, executable machine code and/or integrated circuit hardware.