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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2018
Geooptics, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Thomas Patrick Yunck, Pasadena, CA (US);
GeoOptics, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
A constellation of satellites and associated methods for Earth Observation are disclosed. One method includes transmitting a set of at least four signals towards the Earth using a constellation of at least four satellites and receiving a set of at least four reflected signals from the Earth using the constellation. The method also includes analyzing, using a set of at least four signal analyzers, the set of at least four signals to generate a set of data. Each satellite in the constellation individually houses a signal analyzer in the set of at least four signal analyzers. The method also includes deriving the set of Earth observations using the set of data. Each satellite receives a signal in the set of at least four signals from every other satellite in the constellation.