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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1991
Filed:
May. 08, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
W Daniel Gorton, Littleton, CO (US);
James Burr, Evergreen, CO (US);
Timothy Morris, Littleton, CO (US);
David C Tigwell, Spring, TX (US);
Michael Cavanaugh, Aurora, CO (US);
Assignee:
HTS, Englewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
342359 ; 343882 ; 364459 ; 342357 ;
Abstract
A computerized antenna mount system for continuously tracking a satellite in geosynchronous orbit that has an inclined orbit with respect to the equator. An antenna mount that automatically adjusts the declination angle of a ground station satellite antenna as a function of time after iteratively compiling the declination angle history from one complete orbit of a satellite. Different satellite orbits may be so compiled with selection of each satellite and its corresponding orbit information from memory.