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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
May. 08, 2023
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Charles E. Quintero, Mitchellville, MD (US);
Robert S. Duggan, Bethesda, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
A system can include a plurality of satellites synchronized in a Waves constellation tailored to maximize coverage of a target ground location at one or more predetermined latitudes with a minimal number of satellites. The plurality of satellites can orbit the Earth in a plurality of orbital planes evenly spaced in right ascension of ascending node. The plurality of satellites can be evenly spaced in true anomaly within each orbital plane. The Waves constellation can phase the plurality of orbital planes, such that satellites in neighboring orbital planes simultaneously cross the Equator together with synchronized true anomaly positions, all in ascending or descending motion, thereby forming a wave of satellites in all orbital planes that rise and fall together.