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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

May. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Raytheon Company, Waltham, MA (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Mark Cosner, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);

Pavan Daryanani, Torrance, CA (US);

Joseph Daniel Khair, Torrance, CA (US);

Orion Derek Radtke, Culver City, CA (US);

Assignee:

RAYTHEON COMPANY, Waltham, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/36 (2006.01); G01C 21/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/24 (2013.01); B64G 1/361 (2013.01);
Abstract

A space vehicle system includes a first star tracker disposed at a first location on or near the space vehicle, the first star tracker configured to obtain first images of a space object and stars and a second star tracker disposed at a second location on or near the space vehicle, at a distance D from the first location. The second star tracker is configured to obtain second images of the space object and the stars and the first images and the second images being stereoscopic images. The system also includes a processor configured to determine an estimate of a range from the space vehicle to the space object based on the first images and the second images.


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