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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John S. Higham, Mountain View, CA (US);
Keith Reckdahl, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Space Systems/Loral, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 ; B64G 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 ; B64G 1/10 ;
Abstract
A controller and control method that perform satellite orbit-keeping maneuvers and proportionally scale orbit-keeping pulses to automatically minimize disturbance torques on-board a satellite. The controller and control method may also be used to remove residual momentum stored in spinning momentum wheels.