Abstract
The present invention relates to an early warning reentry system comprising a high efficiency module for determining spacecraft reentry time and a highly efficient method for determining spacecraft reentry time. The method permits more accurate, earlier spacecraft reentry time determinations using publicly available trajectory information without the need for accounting for the actual design configuration of the spacecraft in question. Thus, a module for making such determinations can easily and inexpensively be added to an early warning reentry system.
Document Type
Patent
Status
Issued
Issue Date
4-26-2022
Patent Number
US 11312512 B1 [ 11,312,512 ]
CPC Classification
B64G1/52
Application number
16/352,936
Assignees
Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US)
Filing Date
3-14-2019
Recommended Citation
Bettinger, Robert A. Early Warning Reentry System Comprising High Efficiency Module For Determining Spacecraft Reentry Time. United States Patent 11312512 (B1), issued 26 April 2022. https://scholar.afit.edu/patents/24