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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2023
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventor:
Nathan D. Hiller, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/118 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/118 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01);
Abstract
A satellite communications system comprising a satellite traveling in an orbit and a relay system. The relay system is configured to receive a laser beam encoding information from a terrestrial location and relay the information to the satellite. The relay system is positioned at a selected distance from the satellite and the selected distance is set based on a speed of the satellite.