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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Spire Global, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Platzer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Joel Spark, Calgary, CA;
Jeroen Cappaert, Sint-Gillis-Waas, BE;
Assignee:
SPIRE GLOBAL, INC., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/041 (2013.01); H01Q 1/288 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); H05K 7/1434 (2013.01); H05K 7/1438 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cubesat design includes selected subsystems for managing communications to other satellites and ground stations. In one embodiment, the subsystem includes a deployable antenna having compact size and low weight that reliably releases and detects an extended antenna after launch.