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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Glenn E. Peterson, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/10 ;
Abstract
A method and system for controlling the eccentricity of a near-circular orbit are embodied in a burn controller for an orbiting object (such as a satellite) that is configured to control burns to occur at either an apogee or a perigee of the orbit to effect a desired change in the eccentricity of the orbit. These burns occur at either an apogee or a perigee of the orbit depending upon the satellite's location in the long-period motion of the argument of perigee.