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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Frank Taormina, El Segundo, CA (US);
Donald C. D. Chang, Thousands Oaks, CA (US);
Kar W. Yung, Torrance, CA (US);
David C. Cheng, Palos Verdes Estates, CA (US);
William W. Mayfield, Torrance, CA (US);
John Novak, III, West Hills, CA (US);
Arthur W. Wang, Cypress, CA (US);
Hughes Electronics Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Abstract
A satellite communication system has a first deployment of a plurality of satellites deployed in a medium earth orbit and two later deployments of a plurality of satellites deployed in the medium earth orbit. The first deployment is spaced so that the second deployment may be easily deployed and interleaved into the first deployment. A ground terminal is used for communicating with the satellites in the first and second deployments.