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Object location system

  • US 3,206,605 A
  • Filed: 02/23/1961
  • Issued: 09/14/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1961
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A SYSTEM FOR LOCATING AN ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE IN ORBIT ABOUT A HEAVENLY BODY, COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SIGNAL GENERATING STATIONS LOCATED IN SPACED MEASURED RELATION ON THE SURFACE OF SAID BODY, AT LEAST A PAIR OF SIGNAL SENSING ELEMENTS MOUNTED TO SAID SATELLITE, SAID ELEMENTS BEING ANGULARLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO ONE ANOTHER, MEANS FOR ALIGNING EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS WITH SEPARATE ONES OF SAID STATIONS, MEANS LOCATED IN SAID SATELLITE FOR MEASURING THE ANGLE BETWEEN SAID ELEMENTS, MEANS FOR CONVERTING SAID ANGLE INTO ELECTRICAL INFORMATION AND MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING SAID INFORMATION TO SAID HEAVENLY BODY.

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