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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Oded Shmueli, Nofit, IL;
Ehud Behar, Zikhron-Yaakov, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/42 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/1085 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64G 1/10 (2013.01); B64G 1/222 (2013.01); B64G 1/425 (2013.01); B64G 1/64 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); B64C 2201/143 (2013.01); B64G 2001/643 (2013.01);
Abstract
A ground based control system and method for controlling nanosatellites in low earth orbit to fly as an array, comprises arranging the nanosatellites, each of which has an illumination element in the array, and operating selected illumination elements to produce a display in which a pattern, shape or letters or words are detectable at a predetermined ground location.