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Satellite control apparatus and method

A technology of satellites and artificial satellites, applied in the direction of artificial satellites, space navigation equipment, space navigation equipment, etc., can solve problems such as non-launch, unavailable resources, etc.

Active Publication Date: 2021-03-09
空中客车一网卫星公司
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However, such resources are not available when initiating a satellite transmitting in an off state, and thus no RF spectrum signals are transmitted or received (e.g., during at least a portion of the transmit phase)

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[0072] Figure 1 to Figure 3 Illustrated is a portion of a satellite deployment system that may be used to deploy a satellite in accordance with aspects of the invention. These particular figures illustrate the satellite deployment system that is the subject of US Patent Publication No. 2016 / 0368625. Of course, the present invention is compatible with other allocation techniques and equipment for launching multiple satellites or a single satellite.

[0073] figure 1 Four satellites 100 are shown attached to an orbital assembly shown generally at 101 . A respective panel 104 of each satellite 100 is coupled to a respective pair of couplers 106 of track assembly 101 .

[0074] figure 2 with image 3 Perspective and top views are provided, respectively, of a payload dispenser 200 housed within a fairing 201 and comprising nine satellite-carrying orbital assemblies, each associated with a satellite-carrying orbital assembly figure 1 The components shown in 101 correspond. ...

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An artificial satellite comprises a satellite structure, an onboard control system including an onboard controller, and a memory system. The memory system is physically coupled to the satellite structure and is independently powerable with respect to the onboard controller. The memory system is also arranged to be communicatively coupled with the onboard controller, and to store the data which specifies one or more launch-specific parameters for configuring at least one of the satellite components. The onboard control system is adapted to operate in a transfer phase in response to the satellite separated from a payload dispenser, and to autonomously control, while operating in the transfer phase, one or more aspects of at least one satellite component at least partly based on the data, andparticularly the one or more launch-specific parameters specified by or derived from the data.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for facilitating autonomous control of one or more aspects of an artificial satellite. Background technique [0002] Autonomous and semi-autonomous satellite operations typically require that control data be provided in real-time or near-real-time and exclusively use onboard avionics resources to compute the control data. Typical control procedures include RF transmit / receive scheduling, data distribution, attitude and orbit control in both nominal and non-nominal conditions, fault detection, and isolation and recovery. [0003] Due to the nature of the mission itself, autonomous satellite operations are sometimes required. For example, a given mission may require satellites to be launched in a "blackout" state. In this state, power (if applied) is limited only to certain components of the satellite such as the satellite's basic bus electronics. For example, power may be limited to heaters and p...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B64G1/10B64G1/24
CPCB64G1/10B64G1/24B64G1/247
Inventor 洛朗·桑-安托南
Owner 空中客车一网卫星公司