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Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016

Filed:

Jul. 10, 2014
Applicant:

The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Timothy Guy Thompson, Purcellville, VA (US);

Matthew Phillip Ferringer, Round Hill, VA (US);

Marc David DiPrinzio, South Riding, VA (US);

Ronald Scott Clifton, Leesburg, VA (US);

Assignee:

The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 19/06 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/1085 (2013.01); B64G 1/002 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided to determine launch parameters of satellites of a satellite constellation that provides optimized performance of the satellite constellation over the service lifetime of the satellite constellation. The launch parameters may be determined by considering perturbing accelerations of one or more of the satellites for the purposes of optimizing the launch parameters of the satellites of the satellite constellation. The systems and methods may include heuristic optimization and high-fidelity astrodynamic modeling methodologies.


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