Issued Patents All Time
Showing 1–16 of 16 patents
| Patent # | Title | Co-Inventors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6470243 | Correction of spacecraft steering control law for unexpected orbital inclination effects | Bruce N. Eyerly | 2002-10-22 |
| 6347262 | Minimum fuel attitude and nutation controller for spinning spacecraft | John W. Smay, Salma Saeed | 2002-02-12 |
| 6260805 | Method of controlling attitude of a momentum biased spacecraft during long-duration thruster firings | Patrick A. Cazeau, Stephen J. Koffman, Douglas A. Baker | 2001-07-17 |
| 6152403 | Gyroscopic calibration methods for spacecraft | Richard A. Fowell | 2000-11-28 |
| 5984236 | Momentum unloading using gimbaled thrusters | Keith F. Keitel, Richard A. Noyola, David K. Abernethy, Bernard M. Anzel | 1999-11-16 |
| 5922033 | Earth chord determination in a satellite at low spin rates | Richard I. Milford, John Richard Selmon | 1999-07-13 |
| 5826828 | Sun/earth acquisition without thrusters | Richard A. Fowell | 1998-10-27 |
| 5775645 | Controlled-emission solar tabs for attitude solar sailing | Richard A. Fowell, Raymond S. Lee | 1998-07-07 |
| 5765780 | Systematic vectored thrust calibration method for satellite momentum control | Michael F. Barskey | 1998-06-16 |
| 5667171 | Satellite spin axis stabilization using a single degree of freedom transverse momentum storage device | Richard A. Fowell | 1997-09-16 |
| 5310143 | Three axis thruster modulation | Dan Y. Liu, Richard A. Fowell, Douglas J. Bender | 1994-05-10 |
| 5311435 | Method for station keeping control of flexible spacecraft using onboard gain scheduling scheme | Dan Y. Liu | 1994-05-10 |
| 5255879 | Three axes stabilized spacecraft and method of sun acquisition | Mike W. Tolmasoff, Thomas Faber | 1993-10-26 |
| 5080307 | Spacecraft earth-pointing attitude acquisition method | John W. Smay, William F. Hummel | 1992-01-14 |
| 4824052 | Nutation sensor and nutation control system for a dual-spin stabilized satellite | John W. Smay, Eugene Gonzalez | 1989-04-25 |
| 4752884 | Precision platform pointing controller for a dual-spin spacecraft | Loren I. Slafer, Douglas J. Bender | 1988-06-21 |