A method of guidance for placing a satellite on station comprises the following steps carried out during a predefined current cycle: A) determining on the ground a law of orientation of the thrust vector, and a history of state variables and of adjoint state variables of the satellite for the transfer from a starting orbit to a target orbit using optimal control theory, B) determining on the ground a law of evolution of the rotation of the satellite about the thrust vector, on the basis of the orientation law and of the history, C) representing according to a predetermined format the evolution of the state variables and adjoint state variables so as to obtain first parameters, D) representing according to a predetermined format a law of evolution of the rotation so as to obtain second parameters, E) concatenating the first and second parameters so as to obtain a guidance plan for the satellite, F) downloading onboard the guidance plan, G) periodically repeating according to a predefined period which is smaller than the duration of the guidance cycle: g1) reconstructing onboard the satellite a guidance instruction, g2) executing onboard the satellite the instruction by applying a closed control loop, H) measuring on the ground the real orbital trajectory of the satellite, I) repeating steps A) to H) with the trajectory measured at the end of the cycle as starting orbit of the following cycle, until the target orbit is attained.


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    Title :

    PROCEDE DE GUIDAGE POUR LA MISE A POSTE D'UN SATELLITE


    Additional title:

    METHOD FOR GUIDING THE STATIONING OF A SATELLITE
    STEUERUNGSVERFAHREN ZUR POSITIONIERUNG EINES SATELLITEN


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    Publication date :

    2017-03-29


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    French


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung