Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Aeronautical vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-26
2010-02-16
Beaulieu, Yonel (Department: 3661)
Data processing: vehicles, navigation, and relative location
Vehicle control, guidance, operation, or indication
Aeronautical vehicle
C701S226000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07664578
ABSTRACT:
A method for minimizing the amount of propellant required to be carried onboard the satellites of an Earth orbiting satellite constellation to maintain the minimum angle of elevation between a selected geographical area of the Earth and at least one satellite of the constellation during the life of the constellation includes establishing an optimal initial inclination and RAAN of each satellite of the constellation. The method enables the satellites of the constellation to carry additional hardware and other payload mass, or alternatively, the design life of the constellation to be increased.
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Browning Peterson L.
Fowler Harmon C.
Beaulieu Yonel
Haynes & Boone LLP.
The Boeing Company
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