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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A Bailey, Glendale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
701 13 ; 701-3 ; 701-4 ; 701226 ; 701222 ; 244166 ; 244168 ; 244169 ; 244165 ;
Abstract
Control moment gyros in an array are rotated to reorient a satellite. Gyro angle is selected from one of three values based upon whether the stored angular momentum for the desired angle is below a singularity free value, greater than the singularity free value or is greater than the maximum available stored angular momentum.