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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Hanching Grant Wang, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Richard A. Fowell, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Che-hang C. Ih, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Hanching Grant Wang, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
Richard A. Fowell, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Che-Hang C. Ih, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for controlling the attitude and momentum of a spacecraft while deploying an appendage from the spacecraft. The method comprises the steps of predicting an environmental torque the spacecraft will be subjected to during deployment of the appendage, computing a magnitude and a direction of momentum to add to the spacecraft to at least partially oppose the predicted environmental torque, and storing the computed magnitude and direction of momentum in at least one of the momentum wheels before deploying the appendage.
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