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US 5,456,429 AGranted
Thrust maneuver system
AssigneeLoral Corporation
InventorJoseph R. Mayersak
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Abstract
A thrust maneuver system for steerable vehicles comprising a plurality of thrusters of varying impulsive force, some of which provide a base force, and others varying multiples of the base force. The forces may be used additively or subtractively to obtain a desired force for any given maneuver.
Claims5
A thrust maneuver system for positioning a vehicle comprising:
- a plurality of individually operable single shot thrusters each positioned upon said vehicle to exert a contributing force in a predetermined direction;
- each of said thrusters having a force of predetermined strength such that a first thruster has a base force wherein said base force has a magnitude other than one, a second thruster has a force which is a predetermined multiple of said base force, and a third thruster which has a force which is a multiple of the force of said second thruster.
A thruster maneuver system in accordance with claim in which said predetermined multiple is 2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.