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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2007
Applicant:
William H. Ailor, Iii, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Inventor:
William H. Ailor, III, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G01S 1/04 (2006.01); B64G 3/00 (2006.01); G01S 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A GPS tracker is disposed on launch hardware that separates from a spacecraft launch vehicle during ascent to orbit with the launch hardware having a suborbital trajectory from launch to impact while being tracked so as to track the launch hardware during suborbital flight, such as for tracking separated fuel stages, external tanks, external boosters, and payload fairings that return to earth.