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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:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
David A. Bailey, Glendale, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for targeting a satellite orbiting earth between to sites on earth based on an access time that is transmitted from a ground station. Control momentum gyros are used to change the satellite's attitude for targeting. A gryo rate is selected based the longest time to target. The longest time is a value selected from the access time, the time to reach the target based on the satellite's attitude and the time to reach the target based on the gyro rate.