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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2010
Applicants:
Xiangdong Liu, Boyds, MD (US);
Joshua Schachter, Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Xiangdong Liu, Boyds, MD (US);
Joshua Schachter, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, a member satellite, and a tangible machine-readable medium are disclosed. An inter-satellite link subsystemmay maintain a fixed communication link between the member satellite and a partner satellite of the medium earth orbit centric satellite constellation in a regular, wraparound symmetric, spatially dimensional network. A terrestrial linking subsystemmay create a terrestrial link to a ground terminal.