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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2011
Matthew Jonathan Segal, Calabasas, CA (US);
Kevin Andrew Wise, St. Charles, MO (US);
Matthew Jonathan Segal, Calabasas, CA (US);
Kevin Andrew Wise, St. Charles, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing solar power collection. A position of the sun is identified relative to an aerospace vehicle while the aerospace vehicle is moving along a flight path. A level of power generation is identified by a solar power generation system while the aerospace vehicle moves along the flight path using a threat management module and equivalent radar signature data. The threat management module uses the equivalent radar signature data to identify the level of power generation by the aerospace vehicle from different positions of the sun relative to the aerospace vehicle, and the equivalent radar signature data is based on solar power generation signature data identifying the level of power generation for the different positions of the sun relative to the aerospace vehicle. A change in the flight path that results in a desired level of power generation is identified by the solar power generation system.