公开(公告)号：US11237242B1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US16927833

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： James Alexander Morris Tuchel ,  Andrew Louis Burks

IPC: G01S19/28 ,  G01S5/02 ,  G01S5/00 ,  H04B7/185

Abstract: An example system can include a first antenna having a first orientation, a second antenna having a second orientation and a control system communicating with the first antenna and the second antenna. The control system performs operations which can include determining a pathway of a satellite, comparing the pathway to a first radiation pattern of the first antenna and a second radiation pattern of the second antenna, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are each positioned such that a first keyhole of the first antenna does not overlap a second keyhole of the second antenna, to yield a comparison and selecting, based on the comparison, one of the first antenna or the second antenna to communicate with the satellite along the pathway.

公开(公告)号：US20220011395A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-13

申请号：US16927833

申请日：2020-07-13

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： James Alexander Morris Tuchel ,  Andrew Louis Burks

IPC: G01S5/02 ,  H04B7/185 ,  G01S5/00

Abstract: An example system can include a first antenna having a first orientation, a second antenna having a second orientation and a control system communicating with the first antenna and the second antenna. The control system performs operations which can include determining a pathway of a satellite, comparing the pathway to a first radiation pattern of the first antenna and a second radiation pattern of the second antenna, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are each positioned such that a first keyhole of the first antenna does not overlap a second keyhole of the second antenna, to yield a comparison and selecting, based on the comparison, one of the first antenna or the second antenna to communicate with the satellite along the pathway.