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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2008
Applicant:
Jesse D. Koenig, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventor:
Jesse D. Koenig, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
SpaceDev, Inc., Poway, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F42B 15/01 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01); F41G 7/00 (2006.01); F42B 15/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for are adapted for automatic implementation of exclusion zone avoidance for target-tracking vehicles, such as spacecraft. The systems and methods are configured to monitor pointing commands (commanded attitude and angular rates) generated for target tracking, and modify these commands as necessary to avoid pointing a boresight into an exclusion zone.