US Patent Issued to AST & Science on March 25 for "AOCS system to maintain planarity for space digital beam forming using carrier phase differential GPS, IMU and magnet torques on large space structures" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,678, issued on March 25, was assigned to AST & Science LLC (Midland, Texas).

"AOCS system to maintain planarity for space digital beam forming using carrier phase differential GPS, IMU and magnet torques on large space structures" was invented by Darren J. Zanon (Falls Church, Va.) and Raymond J. Sedwick (University Park, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A closed-loop motion monitoring and control system for structural mode control in a large, flexible space structure. The system uses combined sensor data to detect low-magnitude, low-frequency motion, estimate structure deformation constants, and damp structural vibrations with el...