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Method and system for autonomous spacecraft control

  • US 5,951,609 A
  • Filed: 05/29/1997
  • Issued: 09/14/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A spacecraft system having a ground-based system and a spacecraft, having an operational status, used to carry out a plurality of mission objectives, the spacecraft comprising:

  • a plurality of actuators;

    a plurality of sensors that produce data indicative of the operational status of the spacecraft;

    a flight manager, coupled to the plurality of actuators and the plurality of sensors, that controls the plurality of actuators pursuant to any of a plurality of lower level commands;

    a transceiver capable of receiving both selected ones of the plurality of lower level commands from a ground-based system destined for the flight manager, and selected ones of a plurality of higher level commands that represent the plurality of mission objectives;

    an autonomous control system, communicatively coupled to the flight manager, that autonomously attempts to carry out the plurality of mission objectives through scheduling and occasionally rescheduling of the selected ones of the plurality of mission goals; and

    the autonomous control system generates, from the selected ones of the plurality of higher level commands, sequences of lower level commands that are delivered to the flight manager.

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