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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2017
Applicant:
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Madhusudhan Kadari, Laurel, MD (US);
Sergey Svoysky, Germantown, MD (US);
Seshagiri Nadendla, Huntingtown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/20 (2006.01); B64G 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01); H04N 19/426 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/181 (2013.01); H04N 19/426 (2014.11); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a satellite payload device, including a plurality of sensors configured to detect images of a satellite, a video distribution and storage unit configured to collect, compress, store, and transmit the images, and a control computer configured to request a portion of the plurality of sensors from which to receive sensor data that is routed to the video distribution and storage unit.