The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2019
Applicant:
United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of Nasa, Washington, DC (US);
Inventors:
Guangning Yang, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Jeffrey Chen, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 7/04 (2006.01); G01V 7/16 (2006.01); G01C 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 7/04 (2013.01); G01C 3/08 (2013.01); G01V 7/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite includes a fast tracking mirror ('mirror') placed at or near center of mass (CoM) of the satellite along a line of sight between the CoMs of two satellites. The satellite also includes a detector at a distance away from the mirror. The mirror is adjusted to maintain the distance between the mirror and the detector, when a location of the detector changes due to pitch and yaw of the satellite.