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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Vector Launch Inc., Tucson, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Shaun Coleman, San Jose, CA (US);
Darren D. Garber, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); G06F 9/45533 (2013.01); G06K 9/00677 (2013.01); H04B 7/18521 (2013.01); H04L 67/1068 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); G06F 2009/4557 (2013.01); G06K 9/0063 (2013.01); G06K 9/00979 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems, methods, and software described herein provide enhancements for deploying software payloads to satellite devices, such as when a satellite device is in orbit. In one example, a satellite device includes a communication interface configured to receive one or more software payloads, and a storage system configured to store the one or more software payloads on the satellite device. The satellite device also includes a payload execution system configured to execute the one or more software payloads as one or more virtual nodes.