B64G 1/361
Using star sensors
Official title: {using star sensors}
B64G1/361 (Using star sensors) appears on 282 US grants and 190 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B64G- Granted patents
- 282
- Published applications
- 190
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 485
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 16 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 15 | 4 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 |
| 2004 | 11 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11 |
| 2006 | 7 | 5 |
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| 2008 | 3 | 2 |
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| 2020 | 11 | 13 |
| 2021 | 9 | 9 |
| 2022 | 10 | 12 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10 |
| 2024 | 13 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10 |
| 2026 | 12 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- StarNAV optical sensor system29 Sep 2026US 12,749,202 B2Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Anisotropic aperture star camera systems and methods15 Sep 2026US 12,735,201 B2Planet Labs Pbc
- Systems, apparatus, and methods for momentum management for a spacecraft25 Aug 2026US 12,715,618 B2The Boeing Company
- Imaging system and method for attitude determination11 Aug 2026US 12,705,793 B2Urugus S.A.
- System for tracking solar energy11 Aug 2026US 12,706,560 B2AST & Science, LLC
- Anisotropic Aperture Star Camera Systems and Methods18 Dec 2025US 2025/0382072 A1Planet Labs Pbc
- Method, device and computer program for determining the position of a spacecraft in space16 Oct 2025US 2025/0322539 A1Jena-Optronik GmbH
- System and associated methods for a modular satellite having complex behavior12 Jun 2025US 2025/0187757 A1Sidus Space, Inc.
- Systems, apparatus, and methods for momentum management for a spacecraft24 Apr 2025US 2025/0128832 A1The Boeing Company
- Independently moving space vehicles configured to deploy and/or position structures27 Mar 2025US 2025/0100718 A1The Aerospace Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Interactive graphics computer system for planning star-sensor-based satellite attitude maneuvers166US 5,473,746 ALoral Federal Systems Company · 1995
- Integrated glass ceramic systems91US 6,952,530 B2The Aerospace Corporation · 2005
- Energy storage attitude control and reference system77US 4,723,735 AThe Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. · 1988
- Techniques for optimizing an autonomous star tracker65US 5,745,869 ALockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc. · 1998
- Artificial satellite attitude control system58US 4,617,634 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1986