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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2023
Government of the United States As Represented BY the Secretary of the Air Force, Kirtland AFB, NM (US);
Paul E. Hausgen, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David M. Wilt, Albuquerque, NM (US);
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Kirtland AFB, NM (US);
Abstract
In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a system and method is configured for scheduling and invoking power sharing among satellites within a constellation of satellites such that energy storage systems at a target satellite may by charged prior to the use of electric propulsion thrust activation or other high electricity demand operations (or such operations contemporaneously augmented) by power beams transmitted from other (source) satellites within the constellation.