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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2012
Julie L. Miller, Auberry, CA (US);
Liang C. Chu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric G. Butte, Cupertino, CA (US);
Julie L. Miller, Auberry, CA (US);
Liang C. Chu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Eric G. Butte, Cupertino, CA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
A satellite communication system for airborne and reachback communications may include a formation orbiting in one or more slots of a geosynchronous orbit. The formation may include two or more communications satellites (COMSATs) encircling a ring. Each COMSAT of the two or more COMSATs may include a communication module configured to communicate with a plurality of communications assets in a benign or contested environment. The formation may be configured to allow a first communications asset having a dish antenna with a first configuration to communicate independently with each of the two or more COMSATs in a first scenario. The formation may also be configured to allow a second communications asset having a dish antenna with a second configuration to communicate simultaneously with the two or more COMSATs in a second scenario.