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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Technion Research & Development Foundation Limited, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Oded Shmueli, Nofit, IL;
Ehud Behar, Zikhron-Yaakov, IL;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/10 (2006.01); B64G 1/22 (2006.01); B64G 1/42 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (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 nanosatellite with an illumination element, and an arrangement of nanosatellites in low earth orbit (LEO) arranged to controllably apply their illumination to be visible on the ground. The nanosatellites may be coordinated to provide illumination events visible on the ground at particular locations and particular times. Each nanosatellite has an illumination element that provides a sustained external illumination event being of at least momentary duration and to be visible from the ground. The event forms at least part of a display for viewing from the ground.