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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2023
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Richard Lawrence Pepe, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Sadek Wagdy Mansour, Torrance, CA (US);
Haytham Mahmoud Elmasri, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
Systems, apparatus, and method for momentum management for a spacecraft are disclosed. An example spacecraft includes a body; an appendage moveably coupled to the body; a thruster carried by the body; machine-readable instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the machine-readable instructions to detect a change in angular momentum at the spacecraft during firing of the thruster; and in response to the detection, cause the appendage to move relative to the body to adjust a center of mass of the spacecraft relative to a net thrust vector associated with the thruster.