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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2013
Applicants:
Mark Karpenko, Marina, CA (US);
Isaac Michael Ross, Monterey, CA (US);
Inventors:
Mark Karpenko, Marina, CA (US);
Isaac Michael Ross, Monterey, CA (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/08 (2006.01); B64G 1/28 (2006.01); B64G 1/36 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/286 (2013.01); B64G 1/36 (2013.01); B64G 1/24 (2013.01); B64G 1/288 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are presented for spacecraft operation in which a control problem is formulated using a control law or steering law as a path constraint or as a dynamic constraint, and the control problem is solved to provide a guidance command trajectory for use in operating spacecraft control momentum gyroscopes to guide the spacecraft from an initial state to a desired final state.