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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Applicant:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Chia-Chun Chao, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US);
Brian E. Kirkpatrick, El Segundo, CA (US);
Victor Shiaw-Jong Lin, Oak Park, CA (US);
Siegfried W. Janson, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/24 (2006.01); B64G 1/26 (2006.01); B64G 1/40 (2006.01); B64G 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/1085 (2013.01); B64G 1/242 (2013.01); B64G 1/26 (2013.01); B64G 1/405 (2013.01); B64G 3/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A deployment algorithm that populate a group of companion satellites around a center satellite, and a control algorithm for maintaining the companion satellites in close formation around the center satellite.