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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
May. 05, 2011
Joel Francis Boccio, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gerrit Van Ommering, Gold River, CA (US);
Walter S. Gelon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Steven Daniel Perez, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Eric V. Werner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Joel Francis Boccio, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Gerrit Van Ommering, Gold River, CA (US);
Walter S. Gelon, Redwood City, CA (US);
Steven Daniel Perez, Boulder Creek, CA (US);
Eric V. Werner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Space Systems/Loral, LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A high capacity broadband service is provided from an Earth orbiting satellite having a payload that includes multiple large antennas, the satellite having an inverted configuration when deployed on orbit. The satellite has an aft surface proximate to a launch vehicle structural interface, a forward surface opposite to said aft surface, and a structure disposed therebetween. In a launch configuration, two or more deployable antennas are disposed, undeployed, on or proximate to and forward of the forward surface; on-orbit, the payload is operable when the satellite is disposed with the aft surface substantially Earth facing while the forward surface is substantially facing in an anti-Earth direction. Each deployable antenna is disposed, so as to be Earth facing, when deployed, in a position substantially forward and outboard of the forward surface.