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7619326 |
Artificial satellite equipment panel
A satellite equipment panel on which may be mounted an installation equipment of a predetermined function, connectable by an interface, constitutes an artificial satellite. The satellite equipment...
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7611097 |
In orbit space transportation and recovery system
A preferred In Orbit Transportation & Recovery System (IOSTAR™) ( 10 ) includes a space tug powered by a nuclear reactor ( 19 ). The IOSTAR™ includes a collapsible boom ( 11 ) connected at one...
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7580778 |
Methods and systems for controlling multi-body vehicles with fuel slosh
Methods and systems for controlling multi-body vehicles with fuel slosh are provided. In a method for stabilizing a vehicle with fuel slosh, a controller for a multi-body assembly is formed by...
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7557753 |
Spacecraft hardware tracker
A GPS tracker is disposed on launch hardware that separates from a spacecraft launch vehicle during ascent to orbit with the launch hardware having a suborbital trajectory from launch to impact...
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7542829 |
Low earth orbit satellite command planning device and method, and low earth orbit satellite control system including the same
Disclosed is a command planning apparatus of a low-earth orbit satellite, and a low-earth orbit satellite control system including the same. The present invention automates the process of executing...
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7494089 |
Multiple kill vehicle (MKV) interceptor and method for intercepting exo and endo-atmospheric targets
By sharing tasks between the CV and the KVs, the MKV interceptor provides a cost-effective missile defense system capable of intercepting and killing multiple targets. The placement of the...
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7494090 |
Multiple kill vehicle (MKV) interceptor with autonomous kill vehicles
The present invention provides a MKV interceptor including multiple kill vehicles with autonomous management capability and kinematic reach to prosecute a large threat extent. Each KV can...
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7484693 |
Centralized bus interface with single wire secondary distribution
A system for single wire secondary distribution comprising a spacecraft platform; a central bus interface unit coupled to the spacecraft platform; a payload unit coupled to the central bus...
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7487015 |
Emulator for an inertial navigation unit protocol converter
An emulator, which is a computer program, for simulating 32 bit ARINC-429 data output by an Inertial Navigation System on board a P-3 aircraft. The value for each word output by the emulator is...
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7478782 |
System and method incorporating adaptive and reconfigurable cells
A system and method by which specialized components (tenants) are mounted to an assembly comprising a plurality of modular units. Each modular unit has one or more interface connecting locations...
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7469864 |
Method for assemblying and landing a habitable structure on an extraterrestrial body
A method for assembling and landing a habitable module on an extraterrestrial mass is claimed. At least one inflatable module and a second module are placed into orbit about an extraterrestrial...
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7454272 |
Geostationary stationkeeping method
According to one embodiment of the invention, a stationkeeping method for a geostationary satellite includes determining a gravitational force of the sun on the satellite at a beginning of a...
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7437224 |
Target acquisition control for spacecraft gimballed payload
A method and apparatus for controlling a gimbaled platform ( 108 ). The method comprises the steps of computing an acquisition phase gimbal angle rate command ω cmd — Acq ( 530 ) from a...
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7403715 |
Free space optical bus
A free space optical bus system and method are provided for connecting two units of circuitry across a free space gap. A first unit of circuitry includes a multiplexer that combines a plurality of...
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7354020 |
System for use of external secondary payloads
An experiment system with six different re-entry experiment locations for testing high temperature re-entry materials, creating new thermal protection systems, proving innovative new concepts for...
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7302317 |
System and method to enhance attitude estimation for transfer orbit maneuver
A system and method to enhance attitude estimation for transfer orbit maneuvers of a spinning satellite includes a transfer orbit earth sensor that can receive and convert an infrared radiance to...
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7302323 |
Transportation data recording system
The present invention provides a network data recording system particularly adapted for use in transportation systems. Cameras, microphones and a variety of sensors and existing vehicle systems are...
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7280896 |
Process and device for constructing a synthetic image of the environment of an aircraft and presenting it on a screen of said aircraft
A device for constructing a synthetic image of an aircraft environment may include information sources having information relating to the aircraft and to its environment. An information processor...
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7270301 |
Surface optical reflector, for space craft such as a geostationary satellite
Optical surface reflector, for a spacecraft such as a geostationary satellite. The exterior surface ( 10 ) of the reflector comprises a plurality of facets ( 14 ) inclined to each other and to the...
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7252269 |
Asymmetrical low-profile bulkhead
An asymmetrical bulkhead for a pressure vessel, tank or other storage facility is disclosed. The bulkhead is configured so that there is a high region extending past a cylindrical portion of the...
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7243703 |
Flexible heat exchanger
The invention generally relates to a flexible heal exchanger comprising a pair of flexible multilayer thermoplastic polyimide films each of which comprises an aromatic polyimide substrate film...
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7225062 |
Device for indicating the vibration level of a vehicle
A device for indicating at least a first vibration level VIB 1 derived from a first acceleration signal γ 1 includes:
first analysis element FT 1 for resolving the first acceleration...
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7195206 |
Apparatus and method for servicing and inspecting small free-flying platforms in orbit in space
A small, substantially spherical, free-flying utility platform for use in space can be docked, inspected and serviced in an apparatus including a container with a chamber therein mounted on the...
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7182295 |
Personal flight vehicle and system
Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which an electric-energy lifting panel levitates a user secured to the electric-energy lifting panel. The electric-energy lifting panel includes a first...
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7168660 |
System for capturing and recovering free-flying objects in space
Capture devices are mounted on a space platform such as a spacecraft or utility satellite. Each capture device includes a folded capture net stored in a housing, guide weights connected to the net...
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7159824 |
Device and method for on-orbit calibration verification of an infrared sensor
A device for verifying the calibration of an infrared sensor includes a body configured to be placed in orbit. The body defines a spin axis and an outer surface. The outer surface has an infrared...
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7142981 |
Laser range finder closed-loop pointing technology of relative navigation, attitude determination, pointing and tracking for spacecraft rendezvous
A closed-loop LRF pointing technology to measure the range of a target satellite from a chaser satellite for rendezvous is provided that includes: LOS angle measurements of the target, a relative...
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7139567 |
Tone based command system for reception of very weak signals
This disclosure presents a communication receiver system for spacecraft that includes an open loop receiver adapted to receive a communication signal. An ultrastable oscillator (USO) and a tone...
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7124001 |
Relative attitude estimator for multi-payload attitude determination
A method and apparatus for estimating a slave payload attitude is disclosed. The method includes accepting a plurality of slave payload attitude measurements, deriving a model of the relative...
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7108228 |
Hydrogen-fueled spacecraft
A spacecraft having facilities for carrying astronauts and payloads into the earth satellite orbit and space having a composite fiber body with a Kevlar exterior skin. Said craft having a...
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7107131 |
Cross-engine aircraft communication system
The invention provides methods, systems, and products for communicating between engine computers without the participation of a flight deck computer. The invention allows the engine computers to...
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7089108 |
Method and apparatus for entering a flight plan into an aircraft navigation system
An apparatus for entering a flight plan into an aircraft navigation system, the apparatus comprising: an acoustic sampler adapted for sampling a microphone signal and generating an acoustic signal;...
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7030576 |
Multichannel hall effect thruster
A Hall effect thruster for propelling spacecraft and satellites includes at least two acceleration channels, each of the channels has a closed end and an open end, and a plurality of flux guides...
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6964396 |
Automatic accel voltage tracking system for an ion thruster
A voltage tracking system for an ion thruster includes a discharge chamber, a screen grid, an accelerator grid, and an accelerator grid voltage controller. The discharge chamber contains plasma at...
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6962310 |
Inflatable satellite bus
An inflatable satellite bus is claimed for use with a mission payload. The inflatable satellite bus is comprised of a core adapted to receive a mission payload. There is an expandable shell...
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6959456 |
Apparatus and method for putting on a protective suit
A protection suit, particularly a spacesuit, has an opening in a back portion of the spacesuit for entering and exiting the suit. The spacesuit is suspended on one side of a bulkhead ( 5 ′) so...
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6948686 |
Constant rate deployment device
A spring-based deployment system deploys a mass at a limited velocity. Using techniques common to the art of timepieces, the motion of a gear, like the rotation of a clock's second hand, is...
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6945498 |
Commercial experiment system in orbit
An orbital experiment system with different internal experiment locations within a reusable launch vehicle making daylong delivery trips to space. The experiments get access to the attributes of...
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6910660 |
Laser guidance system
A guidance system includes a first laser device coupled to a mount, the first laser device adapted to generate a first laser signal having a first wavelength. A second laser device is also coupled...
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6895314 |
Spacecraft reentry breakup recorder
One or more small self-contained reentry breakup recorders are disposed within a spacecraft and each includes a sensor suite for collecting and recording collected and recorded sensory data during...
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6869048 |
De-orbit instrument package
An instrument package for carrying on board observation instruments is for launching from space. The instrument includes a housing, a power supply, a communication system and an internal instrument...
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6863244 |
Mitigation of angular acceleration effects on optical sensor data
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for compensating for optical sensor data corrupted by angular acceleration is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of...
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6857602 |
Environmental control system and method of using the same
The present invention is generally directed to an environmental control system (and method of using the same) that is capable of conveying conditioned gases toward at least one target component...
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6844714 |
Satellite charge monitor
The present invention provides a charge monitor for satellites for monitoring build up of electric charge due to charge particle fluxes impinging on the satellite. In one aspect of the invention...
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6830221 |
Integrated glass ceramic spacecraft
Integrated glass ceramic spacecraft include a plurality of glass ceramic components including molded, tempered, annealed, and patterned glass ceramic components coupled together for forming a...
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6793183 |
Integral node tubular spaceframe
Methods and apparatus are provided for a tubular composite structure with particular application to the design and assembly of space vehicles. The apparatus, designated herein as an X-strut,...
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6792212 |
Spacecraft data acquisition and distribution interface
A spacecraft data acquisition system comprises a telemetry and command controller, a payload unit, and a bi-directional interface that couples the telemetry and command controller to the payload...
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6735501 |
Satellite commanding using remotely controlled modulation of satellite on-board telemetry parameters
A satellite command system and method that provides satellite commanding using remotely-controlled modulation of telemetry parameters on-board a satellite. Software is provided on each of the...
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6735505 |
Aircraft flight and voice data recorder system and method
An onboard portion of the system is located on an aircraft for monitoring a plurality of flight parameters and detecting a predetermined exceedence indicative of a potential problem. With regard to...
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6708928 |
Variable spacer for a separation system of a launch vehicle
A variable spacer includes a plate having a first surface and a second surface. At least one hole is integrally formed within the plate, extending from the first surface to the second surface. The...
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