Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tilted earth-based antenna systems and methods of tilting for communication with a satellite system
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Application No.: US16892223Application Date: 2020-06-03
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Publication No.: US11611392B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Duncan E. Adams , David Milroy , Jonathan François Cornelis Herman , Jessica D. Johnson
- Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Applicant Address: US CA Hawthorne
- Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Current Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Hawthorne
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Main IPC: H04B7/185
- IPC: H04B7/185

Abstract:
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a satellite communication system includes a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous orbit (non-GEO), wherein at least some of the plurality of satellites travel in a first orbital path at a first inclination, and an end point terminal having an earth-based geographic location, the end point terminal having an antenna system defining a field of regard for communicating with the satellite constellation, wherein the field of regard is a limited field of regard, wherein the field of regard is tilted from a non-tilted position to a tilted position, and wherein the tilt angle of the tilted position is a function of the latitude of the geographic location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200382206A1 TILTED EARTH-BASED ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF TILTING FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A SATELLITE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-12-03
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