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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jason M Wakugawa, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244164 ; 244165 ;
Abstract
A spacecraft attitude control system includes a Momentum Wheel Assembly (MWA) or a Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA), containing a spinning flywheel, mounted by the use of a mounting bracket to a rotary gimbal which is mounted to spacecraft. The operating MWA/RWA unit is rotated by the rotary gimbal about the gimbal's axis of rotation generating a torque which is provide to the spacecraft, resulting in its movement. The system has the added advantage that the majority of the components are commercially available off-the-shelf products.