METHOD FOR PLANNING A SATELLITE MANEUVER

The invention relates to a method for planning a satellite maneuver, in particular for planning an orbital change of a satellite orbit after the completion of a mission (240), with the satellite (220) having a drive unit (150) with a ground-based power supply, at least comprising the steps of: - con...

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Main Authors SCHARRING, Stefan, KÄSTEL, Jürgen, BERGMANN, Kevin, LORBEER, Raoul-Amadeus
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 06.09.2023
Subjects
AIRCRAFT
AVIATION
COSMONAUTICS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
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Summary:The invention relates to a method for planning a satellite maneuver, in particular for planning an orbital change of a satellite orbit after the completion of a mission (240), with the satellite (220) having a drive unit (150) with a ground-based power supply, at least comprising the steps of: - configuring at least one ground-based laser system (100) for producing a laser beam, in particular laser pulses; - configuring at least one laser ground station (200) including the at least one laser system (100); - designing an optical transmission path (120) for transmitting the laser pulses from the at least one ground station (200) to the satellite (220); - configuring the satellite-based drive unit (150), in particular an ablation drive where mass is removed from the drive unit (150) by means of the laser pulses; - determining a trajectory attainable by means of the drive unit (150), with the steps being run through in an iteration until the desired orbital change has been achieved.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20210798593