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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2007
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 ...
G01C 23/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is adapted for slewing a body from an initial state to merge with a desired state profile. In an embodiment, the method includes the steps of (a) obtaining data indicative of a time profile of desired future states for the body; (b) searching sequentially through the time profile of desired future states; (c) calculating several slews for the body from the initial state to each of the desired future states; (d) determining the earliest future state to which the body can actually slew; (e) choosing the minimum-energy slew to that state; and (f) causing the body to perform that chosen slew.