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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Applicant:
Vaclav Majer, Annapolis, MD (US);
Inventor:
Vaclav Majer, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Kratos Integral Holdings, LLC, San Diego, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/26 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/26 (2013.01); B64G 1/242 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite inclination control method is provided. The method includes tracking optimal inclination vector control cycles for a satellite in near geosynchronous orbit, using control rates disposed to counter inclination growth of the satellite, where the control rates include continuously or quasi-continuously firings of a thruster, and where the control rates are disposed to provide convergence to the optimal inclination vector control cycles in the presence of variances in orbit determination, maneuver implementation and orbit propagation modeling errors.