Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Spacecraft position estimating system and method
- Patent Title (中): 航天器位置估算系统及方法
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Application No.: US13055163Application Date: 2009-07-23
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Publication No.: US08749431B2Publication Date: 2014-06-10
- Inventor: Marc Thill , Guy Harles , Markus Gross , Jos Wouters , Georges Krier
- Applicant: Marc Thill , Guy Harles , Markus Gross , Jos Wouters , Georges Krier
- Applicant Address: LU Betzdorf
- Assignee: SES Astra S.A.
- Current Assignee: SES Astra S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: LU Betzdorf
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: EP08013326 20080724
- International Application: PCT/EP2009/059483 WO 20090723
- International Announcement: WO2010/010143 WO 20100128
- Main IPC: G01S19/00
- IPC: G01S19/00

Abstract:
A system for estimating a spacecraft (6) position is disclosed. It includes receiving stations (4) for receiving signals transmitted from the spacecraft (6) and a processing station (2) for receiving data from the receiving stations (4). Each receiving station (4) records, during a recording window (8), the signals transmitted from the spacecraft (6) and transmits, to the processing station (2), data representing the recorded signals during the recording window (8). The recording windows (8) associated with each of the receiving stations (4) are offset and/or of different size with respect to each other. The processing station (2) correlates the recorded signals to estimate the distance difference between the spacecraft (6) and each of a plurality of receiving stations and to estimate the spacecraft (6) position. A method, a receiving station (4), a processing station (2) and a computer program are also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110221631A1 SPACECRAFT POSITION ESTIMATING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2011-09-15
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