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Miles Space, Inc.

Wesley Faler

Charles E Bucher

Frank Fomby

Alex Wingeier

Donald Roy Smith

Systems and methods can support a portable aperture array antenna system having a support structure of a substantially hemispherical geometry formed of a plurality of rigid linear elements. A membrane may be positioned upon an outer surface of the support structure. A plurality of antenna elements may be positioned coplanar to the membrane. A radio frequency transmission assembly may operate to couple output signals from the antenna elements into one or more signal-processing modules. The signal-processing modules may be configured to model the motion of two or more satellites, focus electromagnetic beams in the respective directions of the satellites, and steer the electromagnetic beams from horizon to horizon to follow the satellites simultaneously without motion of physical components.

Portable phased aperture array antenna

A propulsion system for spacecraft is based on an electric engine that expels propellant to achieve thrust. The propellant is first ionized to generate a plasma. Plasma particles are selectively accelerated via a pulsed laser that accelerates predominantly the electrons in the plasma. The electrons are expelled first, forming a space charge that acts as a virtual cathode to accelerate the positive ions. Interactions between the laser beam and plasma electrons are predominantly through the ponderomotive force.

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Dunedin, FL, United States of America

Wesley Faler