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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. 24, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
John J. Rodden, Los Altos, CA (US);
Andrew E. Turner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Space Systems/Loral, Inc, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 1/002 ; F42B 1/501 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 1/002 ; F42B 1/501 ;
Abstract
A system for controlling attitude about pitch, yaw, and roll axes and axial thrust of a body. The system comprises a main thrust generator located on an aft portion of the body and at least one reaction control system (RCS) located on a forward portion of the body. A thrust vector controller (TVC) is connectable to the main thrust generator and at least one RCS controller is connectable to the RCS. The RCS controller and the TVC are synchronized to adjust the direction of the principal line of thrust through the body center of gravity.