公开(公告)号：US11943042B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17499421

申请日：2021-10-12

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Thomas Laurance Robinson ,  Calder Christiansen Foster Coalson ,  Jared Michael Greene ,  Steven Douglas Gregory ,  Elliott Macdonald Schwartz ,  Aidan Bauer

IPC: H04B7/185

CPC classification number: H04B7/18513 ,  H04B7/18517 ,  H04B7/18558

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device for detecting a zone of communication between a user terminal and a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous (non-GEO) orbit includes one or more processors and memory. The memory stores instructions that, as a result of being executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to: determine a location of the device, wherein the location corresponds to a field of regard for detecting the zone of communication, and wherein the field of regard corresponds to an antenna aperture of the phased array antenna; evaluate a level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard; and output, to a user of the device, an indication of the level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard.

公开(公告)号：US20220116105A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-14

申请号：US17499421

申请日：2021-10-12

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Thomas Laurance Robinson ,  Calder Christiansen Foster Coalson ,  Jared Michael Greene ,  Steven Douglas Gregory ,  Elliott MacDonald Schwartz ,  Aidan Bauer

IPC: H04B7/185

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device for detecting a zone of communication between a user terminal and a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous (non-GEO) orbit includes one or more processors and memory. The memory stores instructions that, as a result of being executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to: determine a location of the device, wherein the location corresponds to a field of regard for detecting the zone of communication, and wherein the field of regard corresponds to an antenna aperture of the phased array antenna; evaluate a level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard; and output, to a user of the device, an indication of the level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard.

公开(公告)号：US20240214061A1

公开(公告)日：2024-06-27

申请号：US18599760

申请日：2024-03-08

Applicant: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Inventor： Thomas Laurance Robinson ,  Calder Christiansen Foster Coalson ,  Jared Michael Greene ,  Steven Douglas Gregory ,  Elliott MacDonald Schwartz ,  Aidan Bauer

IPC: H04B7/185

CPC classification number: H04B7/18513 ,  H04B7/18517 ,  H04B7/18558

Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a device for detecting a zone of communication between a user terminal and a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous (non-GEO) orbit includes one or more processors and memory. The memory stores instructions that, as a result of being executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to: determine a location of the device, wherein the location corresponds to a field of regard for detecting the zone of communication, and wherein the field of regard corresponds to an antenna aperture of the phased array antenna; evaluate a level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard; and output, to a user of the device, an indication of the level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the field of regard.