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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Applicants:
H. Grant Wang, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
David D. Needelman, Torrance, CA (US);
Arun Prakash, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Inventors:
H. Grant Wang, Hacienda Heights, CA (US);
David D. Needelman, Torrance, CA (US);
Arun Prakash, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of determining the attitude of a spinning spacecraft is provided. The method includes stabilizing the spacecraft, initializing the attitude of the spacecraft using star tracker data, and estimating the attitude of the spacecraft.