Deployment and control algorithms for wheel cluster formations of satellites

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9694917
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15183384

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A deployment algorithm that populate a group of companion satellites around a center satellite, and a control algorithm for maintaining the companion satellites in close formation around the center satellite.

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THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION2310 EAST EL SEGUNDO BLVD MS M1/040 EL SEGUNDO CA 90245

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Chao, Chia-Chun Rolling Hills Estates, US 4 24
Janson, Siegfried W Redondo Beach, US 20 582
Kirkpatrick, Brian E El Segundo, US 1 2
Lin, Victor Shiaw-Jong Oak Park, US 2 8

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