Aeronautics and astronautics – Spacecraft – Spacecraft formation – orbit – or interplanetary path
Patent
1998-04-09
2000-09-12
Barefoot, Galen L.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Spacecraft
Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path
B64G 110
Patent
active
06116545&
ABSTRACT:
A method is provided for using a lunar flyby maneuver to transfer a satellite from a quasi-geosynchronous transfer orbit having a high inclination to a final geosynchronous orbit having a low inclination. The invention may be used to take the inclination of a final geosynchronous orbit of a satellite to zero, resulting in a geostationary orbit, provided that the satellite is launched in March or September.
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Ocampo Cesar A.
Salvatore Jeremiah O.
Barefoot Galen L.
Gudmestad Terje
Hughes Electronics Corporation
Sales M. W.
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