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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2010
Weizheng W. Wang, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Bruce A. Tomei, Long Beach, CA (US);
Stephen F. Sichi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Weizheng W. Wang, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Bruce A. Tomei, Long Beach, CA (US);
Stephen F. Sichi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for protecting a power unit on a spacecraft may include a ground station. The ground station may include a power unit loading estimation and monitoring module for estimating a power loading level on a power unit of the spacecraft power unit. The ground station may also include a ground station power limiter to regulate a power of a signal for transmission from the ground station to the spacecraft to prevent overloading the spacecraft power unit. The power of the signal for transmission to the spacecraft may be regulated based at least in part on an estimated power loading level on the power unit of the spacecraft.