Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deep space positioning system
- Patent Title (中): 深空定位系统
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Application No.: US14470438Application Date: 2014-08-27
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Publication No.: US09382020B1Publication Date: 2016-07-05
- Inventor: Andrew T. Vaughan , Joseph E. Riedel
- Applicant: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of NASA
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Current Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agent Mark Homer
- Main IPC: B64G1/66
- IPC: B64G1/66 ; B64G3/00 ; B64G1/10 ; B64G1/52
Abstract:
A single, compact, lower power deep space positioning system (DPS) configured to determine a location of a spacecraft anywhere in the solar system, and provide state information relative to Earth, Sun, or any remote object. For example, the DPS includes a first camera and, possibly, a second camera configured to capture a plurality of navigation images to determine a state of a spacecraft in a solar system. The second camera is located behind, or adjacent to, a secondary reflector of a first camera in a body of a telescope.
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