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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2023
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Eric Joseph Nemanick, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Henry Helvajian, Pasadena, CA (US);
Andrea G. Hsu, El Segundo, CA (US);
John H. Schilling, Lancaster, CA (US);
Thomas A. Battista, Ashburn, VA (US);
Mark J. Barrera, Hermosa Beach, CA (US);
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
Independently moving deployment and positioning space vehicles that are configured to deploy and/or position structures are disclosed. The deployment and positioning vehicles work together to deploy and/or maintain the position/shape of a space structure. The deployment and positioning vehicles may include one or more thrusters, an attitude determination and control system (ADCS), a precision vehicle-to-vehicle location determination system, processing circuitry, etc. Two or more deployment and positioning vehicles are configured to coordinate the deployment and/or positioning of the space structure themselves or in concert with the other deployment and positioning vehicles in the deployment and positioning vehicle network, as well as achieve precision positioning.