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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yeong-Wei Andy Wu, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Garry Didinsky, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Douglas H Hein, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 13 ; 701-8 ; 701-3 ; 244164 ; 244165 ; 244171 ; 250330 ; 73 10 ; 73-179 ;
Abstract
Spacecraft attitude is efficiently controlled by utilizing spatial noise and temporal noise in the calculation of gains to a Kalman filter. Spatial noise is modeled in a dynamic fashion so as to provide optimal spatial noise attenuation.