A service satellite for providing station keeping services to a host satellite is disclosed. The service satellite may have a body, and a gripping mechanism attached to the body. The gripping mechanism may be adapted to attach to an interface ring extending from an external surface of the host satellite to form an interconnection between the host satellite and the service satellite through the externally extending interface ring. Attaching the gripping mechanism to the interface ring may form an interconnected unit having a combined center of mass. The service satellite may have at least two thrusters and at least one controller. The at least one controller may maintain the interconnected unit in a substantially stationary orbit by selectively orienting the two thrusters such that the thrust vectors from the two thrusters avoid passing through the combined center of mass, and are each offset from the combined center of mass.


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    Title :

    SERVICE SATELLITE FOR PROVIDING IN-ORBIT SERVICES USING VARIABLE THRUSTER CONTROL


    Additional title:

    DIENSTSATELLIT ZUR BEREITSTELLUNG VON DIENSTEN IN DER UMLAUFBAHN UNTER VERWENDUNG VON VARIABLER SCHUBDÜSENSTEUERUNG
    SATELLITE DE SERVICE POUR FOURNIR DES SERVICES EN ORBITE À L'AIDE D'UNE COMMANDE DE PROPULSEUR VARIABLE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2018-09-12


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS



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