A device includes an antenna controller configured to direct a beam to track a first satellite that follows an orbit having a transit arranged to intersect a transit of one or more other satellites to form a closed loop. The antenna controller is also configured to switch a tracking target of the beam from the first satellite to a second satellite of the one or more other satellites when the first satellite and the second satellite are at a first intersection of the transits that form the closed loop.


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    Title :

    SATELLITE COVERAGE USING EYE ORBITS


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2025-01-23


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / G01S RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING , Funkpeilung / H04B TRANSMISSION , Übertragung



    SATELLITE COVERAGE USING EYE ORBITS

    WHELAN MICHAEL A / WIDDER EMILY C | European Patent Office | 2025

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