Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

Duncan Edwin Adams

David Milroy

Anthony Sims

Jackson Shaffner

Michael J Conte

Victor Q Dang

Ersin Yetisir

Ryan Christopher Kennett

J Gabriel Rustia

Jessica D Johnson

Jonathan François Cornelis Herman

Andrea Papi

Scott Kaufman

Erik N Littleton

Trevor Cameron

Keith Richard Miller

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a pan/tilt assembly for an antenna apparatus having a housing enclosing antenna components and a leg extending from the housing includes a first actuator for rotating a first gear, a second actuator for rotating a second gear, a third gear coupled to the leg and engaged by the first and second gears, and a tee having a first portion substantially transverse to a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first end rotatably received within the first gear and a second end rotatably received within the second gear, and wherein the second portion is rotatably received within the third gear.

Pan/tilt assembly for antenna apparatus

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a housing for an antenna system having a plurality of antenna elements defining an antenna aperture includes a chassis portion having an internal support portion for internal components for the plurality of antenna elements including a bonding portion for bonding an antenna stack assembly to the chassis portion, and a radome portion configured for coupling to the chassis portion to define an inner chassis chamber.

Antenna apparatus having chassis portion

Antenna apparatus

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.

Tilted earth-based antenna systems and methods of tilting for communication with a satellite system

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a housing for an antenna system having a plurality of antenna elements defining an antenna aperture includes a chassis portion, and a radome portion configured for coupling to the chassis portion to define an inner chassis chamber, the radome portion having a planar top surface, wherein the radome portion is configured to have equal spacing between the planar top surface and a top surface of each of the plurality of antenna elements defining the antenna aperture.

Antenna apparatus having radome spacing

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna apparatus includes a housing assembly including a radome portion and a lower enclosure portion, wherein the radome portion and lower enclosure portion are couplable to form an inner compartment for housing antenna components of the antenna assembly, an antenna stack assembly disposed within the inner compartment, wherein the antenna stack assembly generates heat when in operation, and a heat transfer system within the inner compartment configured to facilitate the flow of heat toward the radome portion.

Antenna apparatus having heat dissipation features

In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna assembly includes a patch antenna array including an upper patch antenna layer, a lower patch antenna layer, and a spacer therebetween, wherein the spacer includes a plurality of apertures defined by cell walls, wherein the each aperture aligns with an upper patch antenna element and a lower patent antenna element from the patch antenna array.

Antenna apparatus having antenna spacer

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Hawthorne, CA, United States of America

Duncan Edwin Adams