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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2023
Raytheon Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Yiqing Lin, Montgomery, NJ (US);
Amit Surana, Newington, CT (US);
Tuhin Sahai, San Francisco, CA (US);
Laura A. Gordon, Aurora, CO (US);
David C. Fisher, Evergreen, CO (US);
Raytheon Company, Arlington, VA (US);
Abstract
A method including: receiving, at a given satellite, a target list, the target list identifying a plurality of targets; identifying a plurality of satellites of which the given satellite is part; generating, at the given satellite, a plurality of satellite-target pairs, each satellite-target pair including a respective one of the plurality of targets and a respective one of the plurality of satellites; identifying a plurality of costs, each of the plurality of costs corresponding to a different one of the plurality of satellite-target pairs; identifying, by the given satellite, a plurality of assignment pairs, the plurality of assignment pairs being identified based on the plurality of satellite-target pairs and the plurality of costs, each of the plurality of assignment pairs including a respective one of the plurality of targets and a respective one of the plurality of satellites that is assigned to track the respective target.