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Number: 244/158.4
Name: Aeronautics > Spacecraft > Spacecraft formation, orbit, or interplanetary path
Description: Subject matter including details of an arrangement of plural spacecrafts in orbit about a celestial body or details of a path traveled by the spacecraft in orbit or between planets.


Sub-classes under this class:

Class Number Class Name Patents
244/158.5 Orbit insertion 45
244/158.6 Orbital control 38


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7370566 Complimentary retrograde/prograde satellite constellation May. 13, 2008
7313362 High altitude airborne craft used as radio relay and method for placing said airborne craft on station Dec. 25, 2007
7302317 System and method to enhance attitude estimation for transfer orbit maneuver Nov. 27, 2007
7270299 Space based change detection using common ground track constellations Sep. 18, 2007
7258305 Space based change detection using common ground track constellations capable of being configured for multi-manifest launches Aug. 21, 2007
7255308 Solar dominated satellite constellations capable of having repeating common ground tracks Aug. 14, 2007
7228231 Multiple stayout zones for ground-based bright object exclusion Jun. 5, 2007
7219858 Method for deploying multiple spacecraft May. 22, 2007
7198230 Method and system for maximizing satellite constellation coverage Apr. 3, 2007
7051980 Efficient orbit sparing system for space vehicle constellations May. 30, 2006
6892986 Satellite constellations using nodally-adjusted repeating ground track orbits May. 17, 2005
6866231 Method for limiting interference between satellite communications systems Mar. 15, 2005
6851651 Constellation of spacecraft, and broadcasting method using said constellation Feb. 8, 2005
6766987 Satellite system and method of deploying same Jul. 27, 2004
6764049 Artificial satellite with an orbit having a long staying time in a zenith direction, an orbit control method and a communication system therewith Jul. 20, 2004
6726152 Satellite communications system Apr. 27, 2004
6695259 Communication system, communication receiving device and communication terminal in the system Feb. 24, 2004
6695260 Virtually geostationary satellite array Feb. 24, 2004
6677884 Satellite configuration for interferometric and/or tomographic remote sensing by means of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) Jan. 13, 2004
6634600 Satellite constellation for measuring atmospheric wind speeds using doppler lidar Oct. 21, 2003
6600921 Dual coverage grid method Jul. 29, 2003
6597989 Non-geostationary orbit satellite constellation for continuous coverage of northern latitudes Jul. 22, 2003
6581881 METHOD FOR PLACING PAYLOAD IN ORBIT BY MULTIFUNCTIONAL LAUNCH VEHICLE OF COMBINED SCHEME WITH CRUISE LIQUID ROCKET ENGINE SYSTEM (LRES), MULTIFUNCTIONAL LAUNCH VEHICLE OF COMBINED SCHEME WITH Jun. 24, 2003
6581882 Low-thrust cryogenic propulsion module Jun. 24, 2003
6564053 Efficient high latitude service area satellite mobile broadcasting systems May. 13, 2003
6556808 Fixed ground track satellite constellation and user terminal Apr. 29, 2003
6511020 Method for limiting interference between satellite communications systems Jan. 28, 2003
6502790 Inclined non-uniform planar spaced constellation of satellites Jan. 7, 2003
6499698 Satellite, satellite control method and satellite communication system Dec. 31, 2002
6487476 Redundant satellite system Nov. 26, 2002
6460808 Satellite system and method of deploying same Oct. 8, 2002
6457678 Constellation of elliptical orbit satellites with line of apsides lying in or near the equatorial plane Oct. 1, 2002
6442385 Method and apparatus for selectively operating satellites in tundra orbits to reduce receiver buffering requirements for time diversity signals Aug. 27, 2002
6422516 Artificial satellite with an orbit having a long staying time in a zenith direction, an orbit control method and a communication system therewith Jul. 23, 2002
6389336 Overhead system of inclined eccentric geosynchronous orbiting satellites May. 14, 2002
6336612 Satellite system and method of deploying same Jan. 8, 2002
6328264 Artificial satellite with an orbit having a long staying time in a zenith direction, an orbit control method and a communication system therewith Dec. 11, 2001
6325332 Coordinatable system of inclined geosynchronous satellite orbits Dec. 4, 2001
6327523 Overhead system of inclined eccentric geosynchronous orbitting satellites Dec. 4, 2001
6267329 Medium earth orbit communications satellite system Jul. 31, 2001
6264143 Radar interferometry device Jul. 24, 2001
6257526 Satellite system and method of deploying same Jul. 10, 2001
6241193 Geostationary satellite stabilized along three axes with improved temperature control Jun. 5, 2001
6241192 Earth observation method, and system and observation satellite, operating ground system and program for the same Jun. 5, 2001
6223019 Efficient high latitude service area satellite mobile broadcasting systems Apr. 24, 2001
6182927 Medium earth orbit augmentation of a global positioning system for global navigation Feb. 6, 2001
6160994 Interactive fixed and mobile satellite network Dec. 12, 2000
6135389 Subterranean target steering strategy Oct. 24, 2000
6126116 Coordinatable system of inclined eccentric geosynchronous orbits Oct. 3, 2000
6122596 Non-geostationary orbit satelite constellation for continuous preferential coverage of northern latitudes Sep. 19, 2000

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