Method and system for controlling a set of at least two satellites adapted to provide a service
AssigneeThales
InventorsHerve Sainct, Joel Amalric, Pierre Bassaler, Xavier Roser
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Abstract
A method is provided for controlling a set of at least two satellites adapted to provide a service used by at least one portion of the set of the said satellites at a given moment, in which, continuously or pseudo-continuously, a mean value of the longitudes of the respective ascending nodes of each satellite is computed, and, for each satellite, a correction of trajectory of the satellite is applied by regulating the longitude of the ascending node on a setpoint equal to said current mean value.
Claims7
A method for controlling a set of at least two satellites configured to provide a service used by at least one portion of the set of said satellites at a given moment, the method comprising:
- computing, continuously or pseudo-continuously, a mean value of longitudes of respective ascending nodes of each satellite;
- and
- controlling, for each satellite, a correction of trajectory of the satellite by regulating a longitude of an ascending node on a setpoint equal to said mean value.
A system for controlling a set of at least two satellites configured to provide a service used by at least one portion of the set of said satellites at a given moment, the system being configured to:
- compute, continuously or pseudo-continuously, a mean value of longitudes of respective ascending nodes of each satellite;
- and
- control, for each satellite, a trajectory correction of the satellite by regulation of a longitude of an ascending node on a setpoint equal to said mean value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.