Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laser communications in super-geosynchronous earth orbit
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Application No.: US14660729Application Date: 2015-03-17
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Publication No.: US10313010B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Matthew M. Everett , John P. Leuer , David A. Whelan , Stephen G. Lambert
- Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee: The Boeing Company
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: Haynes and Boone LLP
- Main IPC: H04B10/114
- IPC: H04B10/114 ; H04B7/19 ; H04B10/50 ; H04B7/185 ; H04B10/112 ; H04B10/118

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and apparatus for laser communications in super-geosynchronous Earth orbit are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves transmitting, by at least one laser on at least one first satellite, at least one first transmit signal. The method further involves receiving, by at least one detector on at least one first satellite, at least one first receive signal. In one or more embodiments, at least one first satellite is in super-geosynchronous Earth orbit (S-GEO). In at least one embodiment, at least one first transmit signal and at least one first receive signal are laser signals and have a field of regard covering one hemisphere of the Earth.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170026121A1 LASER COMMUNICATIONS IN SUPER-GEOSYNCHRONOUS EARTH ORBIT Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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