Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corporation

Michael Fashano

Peter J Hadinger

Hau H Ho

Gary M Lehto

Ethan A Stein

A payload () to be mounted onto a satellite () can include a first steerable antenna () providing a downlink to and an uplink from a first user terminal; a second steerable antenna () providing a downlink to and an uplink from a second user terminal; a switching network () coupling the first steerable antenna to the second steerable antenna; and a payload control unit () controlling the switching network to select one of the downlink to the first user terminal provided by the first steerable antenna and the downlink to the second user terminal provided by the second steerable antenna, and one of the uplink from the first user terminal provided by the first steerable antenna and the uplink from the second user terminal provided by the second steerable antenna.

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Michael Fashano