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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
Airbus Defence and Space Sas, Les Mureaux, FR;
Jean-Marc Aymes, Saint Orens de Gameville, FR;
Airbus Defence and Space SAS, Les Mureaux, FR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a method () for monitoring a phase for transferring a satellite () from one earth orbit, called 'initial orbit', to another earth orbit, called 'mission orbit', in particular a transfer using electric propulsion unit. The monitoring method includes a step for estimating the direction of the satellite during the transfer phase by way of an earth array antenna () including a plurality of elementary antennas (), each elementary antenna having a primary radiation lobe with a width greater than or equal to 20°, the elementary antennas () being oriented such that their respective fields of vision overlap, the direction of the satellite being estimated based on at least one useful phase difference measurement between signals corresponding to a target signal, transmitted by the satellite and received on a pair of elementary antennas ().