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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2010
Applicants:
Frederick W. Boelitz, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark O. Hilstad, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Frederick W. Boelitz, Sammamish, WA (US);
Mark O. Hilstad, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Blue Origin, LLC, Kent, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/26 (2006.01); F42B 15/01 (2006.01); F42B 10/60 (2006.01); F42B 10/62 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); F42B 15/00 (2006.01); F42B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Technology for predicting and correcting a trajectory is described. The technology can create a model to predict a position of the reusable launch vehicle at a time in the future; observe a wind condition during ascent of the reusable launch vehicle; store the observed wind condition in a wind map; predict during ascent a position and a terminal lateral velocity of the reusable launch vehicle at a terminal altitude; and correct a flight trajectory of the reusable launch vehicle based on the wind map.