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David D. Needelman
Also filed as: NEEDELMAN DAVID D
15 granted patents·308 citations·filing 1999–2014
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15 records- 0191US6470270B1Lost-in-space stellar attitude acquisition using multiple star trackersBOEING CO·Filed 2000·Granted Oct 22, 2002·44 cites·78 claims
- 0289US6266616B1Confused-in-space stellar attitude acquisition using multiple star trackersHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 24, 2001·62 cites·33 claims
- 0388US6512979B1Lost-in-space stellar attitude acquisition using multiple star trackersBOEING CO·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 28, 2003·35 cites·90 claims
- 0488US6289268B1Attitude determination system and methodHUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 11, 2001·43 cites·23 claims
- 0586US8019544B2Real-time refinement method of spacecraft star tracker alignment estimatesBOEING CO·Filed 2005·Granted Sep 13, 2011·20 cites·9 claims
- 0682US6588708B2Spacecraft methods and structures for acquiring and determining power-safe attitudesBOEING CO·Filed 2001·Granted Jul 8, 2003·30 cites·35 claims
- 0777US8265804B1Method and system for controlling a vehicleUETRECHT DAVID S·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 11, 2012·14 cites·38 claims
- 0874US6766227B2Attitude-acquisition methods and systems for controlled spacecraft attitudeBOEING CO·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 20, 2004·19 cites·35 claims
- 0970US7410130B2Star-tracker-based attitude determination for spinning spacecraftBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Aug 12, 2008·17 cites·42 claims
- 1057US9423255B2System and method for mitigating an occurrence of a dry spot in a field of view of a star trackerBOEING CO·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 23, 2016·3 cites·24 claims
- 1154US7062363B2Refinement of spacecraft angular velocity and attitude estimates using star dataBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 13, 2006·7 cites·32 claims
- 1252US7136752B2Method and apparatus for on-board autonomous pair catalog generationBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Nov 14, 2006·6 cites·46 claims
- 1346US7228231B2Multiple stayout zones for ground-based bright object exclusionBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Jun 5, 2007·3 cites·25 claims
- 1443US7310578B2Fast access, low memory, pair catalogBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 18, 2007·3 cites·14 claims
- 1542US7219014B2Method and apparatus for real-time star exclusion from a databaseBOEING CO·Filed 2004·Granted May 15, 2007·2 cites·22 claims
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