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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2023
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventors:
Michael A. Whelan, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Emily C. Widder, El Segundo, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE BOEING COMPANY, Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 3/00 (2006.01); G01S 3/14 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); B64G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 3/00 (2013.01); G01S 3/146 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); B64G 1/1007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes an antenna controller configured to direct a beam to track a first satellite that follows an orbit having a transit arranged to intersect a transit of one or more other satellites to form a closed loop. The antenna controller is also configured to switch a tracking target of the beam from the first satellite to a second satellite of the one or more other satellites when the first satellite and the second satellite are at a first intersection of the transits that form the closed loop.