- Patent Title: One-dimensional phased array antenna and methods of steering same
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Application No.: US17405552Application Date: 2021-08-18
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Publication No.: US11735818B2Publication Date: 2023-08-22
- Inventor: Daniel A. Dueri , Raymond Tyler Rowe , Robert Baummer, Jr.
- 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: H01Q3/34
- IPC: H01Q3/34 ; H04B7/195

Abstract:
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a method is provided for configuring an endpoint terminal for communication with a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous orbit. The endpoint terminal has an antenna system defining a limited field of regard for satellite communication. The antenna system is capable of gimbaling in order to move the field of regard. The method includes orienting the field of regard in a first position to communicate with a first satellite traveling in a first orbital plane; gimbaling the antenna system to move the field of regard from the first position to a second position to communicate with a second satellite traveling in a second orbital plane; establishing communication with the second satellite; and as the second satellite travels in the second orbital plane, gimbaling the antenna system to move the field of regard from the second position to a third position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220109235A1 ONE-DIMENSIONAL PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA AND METHODS OF STEERING SAME Public/Granted day:2022-04-07
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