公开(公告)号：US20240103169A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-28

申请号：US18276774

申请日：2022-01-13

Applicant: NEC Corporation

Inventor： Koya TAKATA ,  Masahiro KAIDEN ,  Kenji WAKAFUJI

IPC: G01S17/42

CPC classification number: G01S17/42

Abstract: an LEO satellite includes a light projecting element that emits emission light to another LEO satellite, an optical telescope, an optical phased array, a light receiving element that receives incident light from the other LEO satellite, a distance measurement unit that measures a distance to the other LEO satellite based on at least one of the emission light and the incident light, and a control unit. The control unit captures the other LEO satellites by scanning emission light using the optical telescope and receives incident light from the other LEO satellites for the other LEO satellites on the same orbital plane, and captures the other LEO satellites by scanning emission light using the optical phased array and receives incident light from the other LEO satellites for the other LEO satellites on different orbital planes.