METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SOLAR TACKING MOMENTUM MAINTENANCE IN LONG-DURATION DEPLOYMENT OF A LARGE REFLECTOR

Patent №

US 7,025,307

Granted

2006-04-11

Filed 2002

Owner

THE BOEING COMPANY

Lab

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Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10318715

A method and an apparatus for controlling the attitude and momentum of a spacecraft while deploying an appendage from the spacecraft. The method uses solar tacking and similar techniques to produce differential solar torques that are used to control the momentum and attitude of the spacecraft during the appendage deployment.

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Ownership

THE BOEING COMPANY

assignment · 135830753

Assignors

WANG, HANCHING G., FOWELL, RICHARD A., IH, CHE-HANG C.

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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