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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Stephanie Lauren McNair, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
John Roman Bystroff, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Caleb Luke Pool, Lake George, CO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/36 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G01B 21/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); B64G 3/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/24 (2006.01); G01S 17/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 21/00 (2013.01); B64G 1/007 (2013.01); B64G 3/00 (2013.01); G01S 17/66 (2013.01); G05D 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Satellite transfer orbit search methods are described herein. One disclosed example method includes determining, based on boundary transfer orbits of a satellite, end points of an oblate epicycloid segment related to a transfer orbit of the satellite, and calculating, using a processor, a shape of the oblate epicycloid segment based on satellite data and the end points to define a search zone to determine a position of the satellite as the satellite moves along the transfer orbit.