Telecommunications – Carrier wave repeater or relay system – Portable or mobile repeater
Patent
1996-12-12
1997-12-09
Pham, Chi H.
Telecommunications
Carrier wave repeater or relay system
Portable or mobile repeater
455429, 342354, 342355, 342358, H04B 715
Patent
active
056970501
ABSTRACT:
A satellite communication system has at least one satellite (1) with an antenna that generates a moving beam pattern on the surface of the earth. The beam pattern (3) is comprised of a plurality of sub-beams (4). A method of this invention determines an attitude correction signal for the satellite by the steps of: (a) providing at least one reference transmitter (10) at a known location on the surface of the earth; (b) transmitting at least one signal from the at least reference transmitter into at least one of the sub-beams; (c) receiving the at least one signal with the satellite antenna and transponding the received at least one signal to a ground station (8). A next step of the method (d) receives the transponded at least one signal with the ground station; (e) determines a gain of the received at least one signal; (f) compares the determined gain to a gain expected to be received based on a predetermined knowledge of a spatial variation in gain of the satellite antenna; and (g) and determines a difference between the determined gain and the expected gain to derive a correction signal indicative of an attitude error of the satellite. The method further includes the steps of transmitting the correction signal to the satellite; and correcting the attitude of the satellite in accordance with the correction signal. For the case where the correction signal has a value that is a function of the yaw error angle of the satellite, the method further includes the steps of transmitting the correction signal to the satellite; and correcting the attitude of the satellite in accordance with the correction signal by rotating the satellite about the yaw axis so as to reduce a magnitude of the yaw error angle.
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