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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1996
David K Abernethy, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A spacecraft traveling in a volume of space receiving radiation from a radiation source and having a spacecraft body having a first axis of symmetry, X, a second axis of symmetry, Y, and a third axis of symmetry, Z. The spacecraft body rotates about a rotation axis, T, which defines a nonzero angle of inclination .lambda. relative to the Z axis. A radiation receiving element is rotatably attached to the spacecraft body along an axis, S. A control system is employed on the spacecraft for rotating the spacecraft body about the rotation axis T by an angular amount .gamma. and rotating the radiation receiving element by an amount so that the radiation receiving element is normal to the radiation source.