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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2019
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Manohar Deshpande, Greenbelt, MD (US);
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A passive receiver system includes a first cross-dipole antenna on a platform, a second cross-dipole antenna on the platform, a passive receiver, and beam steering logic for the first and second cross-dipole antennas. The beam steering logic steers a radiation beam of the passive receiver in a first direction and steers the radiation beam of the passive receiver in a second direction. The first direction is aligned with a direct signal path and the second direction aligned with a reflect signal path. The platform is of a first satellite and the direct signal path is aligned with a second satellite.