Granted Patent
Utility
US 5,806,801 · App. 08/692,401
Method and system for formationkeeping between orbiting spacecraft by varying their ballistic coefficients
Inventors:
David A. Steffy, Gregg E. Burgess, Maria Josephine Evans
Patented Case
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Granted: Sep 15, 1998
Filed: Aug 5, 1996
Inventors
David A. Steffy
Gregg E. Burgess
Maria Josephine Evans
Assignee (at issue)
Orbital Sciences Corporation
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