Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ground-based antenna for concurrent communications with multiple spacecraft
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Application No.: US16125012Application Date: 2018-09-07
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Publication No.: US10567071B1Publication Date: 2020-02-18
- Inventor: Robert Bruce Friend , Kurt William Loheit
- 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: Moore Intellectual Property Law, PLLC
- Main IPC: H04B7/185
- IPC: H04B7/185 ; H04B7/19 ; H01Q21/24 ; H04B7/195 ; H01Q1/24

Abstract:
A system includes an antenna of a ground station. The antenna is configured to generate a plurality of signal beams. The plurality of signal beams defines a plurality of cells in the sky. The antenna is mechanically fixed to a particular orientation. The antenna includes a phased array antenna. The system also includes a processor coupled to the antenna. The processor is configured to initiate concurrent communications with a plurality of spacecraft via the plurality of signal beams. The plurality of spacecraft is located within the plurality of cells.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200083951A1 GROUND-BASED ANTENNA FOR CONCURRENT COMMUNICATIONS WITH MULTIPLE SPACECRAFT Public/Granted day:2020-03-12
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