An autonomous spacecraft propellant-gauging system, the system including a propellant tank, one or more heating devices, at least one temperature sensor and a processor. The heating devices are used to heat up the propellant tank, and the temperature sensors sense the temperature of the propellant content of the propellant tank. The processor controls operations of the heating devices and the temperature sensor. The processor further executes an algorithm to automate gauging of the propellant content of the propellant tank based on a reduced order model (ROM) and a number of parameters, and reports out an estimate of the mass of the remaining propellant of the propellant tank.


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    Title :

    Autonomous spacecraft propellant gauging


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    Publication date :

    2022-12-06


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / G01F Messen des Volumens, des Durchflussvolumens, des Massendurchflusses oder des Füllstandes , MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW, OR LIQUID LEVEL / G06N COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS , Rechnersysteme, basierend auf spezifischen Rechenmodellen



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