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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:
Feb. 06, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1988
Paul A Miller, East Windsor, NJ (US);
General Electric Company, East Windsor, NJ (US);
Abstract
An intermediate-distance method for approach or separation of a spacecraft relative to a target vehicle is used in a range of distances of a few meters to a few tens of kilometers when the vehicles are in coplanar low Earth orbits. The method establishes a local horizontal at one vehicle, and propulsion is applied to maintain a line between the target vehicle and spacecraft at a constant angle relative to the local horizontal. The method is particularly attractive for use when the only information conveniently available is bearing (angle) and possibly bearing rate. When the orbits are not coplanar, thrust is applied in the cross-orbital-plane direction with an amplitude which is a maximum at the moment that one spacecraft lies in the orbital plane of the other.
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