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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2022
Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Aaron J. Mendelsohn, Dana Point, CA (US);
Viasat, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods disclosed herein for pointing a steerable antenna system () onboard a satellite () exploit advantageous image-processing techniques that provide a computationally-efficient and accurate way of determining the pointing error of the steerable antenna system () and determining corresponding pointing corrections. Received-signal power measurements for individual array elements in an antenna array of the steerable antenna system provide the basis for forming a power-distribution image () that reveals where an uplink signal () falls on the array (), which in turn provides a basis for determining the appropriate pointing correction.