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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bong Wie, Phoenix, AZ (US);
David A Bailey, Glendale, AZ (US);
Christopher J Heiberg, Peoria, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244165 ; 244164 ; 244171 ;
Abstract
Control moment gyros in an array are rotated to reorient a satellite. A pseudo inverse control is employed that adds a term to a Moore-Penrose pseudo inverse to prevent a singularity.