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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2003
Applicants:
Neil Evan Goodzeit, Princeton, NJ (US);
Santosh Ratan, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Neil Evan Goodzeit, Princeton, NJ (US);
Santosh Ratan, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for transferring a spacecraft from a first orbit to a second orbit. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the method comprises calculating thruster-off regions within an orbit transfer in which it is efficient to turn-off spacecraft thrusters, and in those thruster-off regions, turning off the spacecraft thrusters.