G01S 3/7867
Star trackers
Official title: {Star trackers (navigation using star trackers G01C21/025)}
G01S3/7867 (Star trackers) appears on 154 US grants and 107 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G01S- Granted patents
- 154
- Published applications
- 107
- Assignees
- 94
- Inventors
- 319
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
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| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 4 |
| 2006 | 4 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 | 1 |
| 2008 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 3 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 4 | 7 |
| 2016 | 8 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2018 | 7 | 9 |
| 2019 | 12 | 10 |
| 2020 | 9 | 5 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 |
| 2022 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Imaging system and method for attitude determination11 Aug 2026US 12,705,793 B2Urugus S.A.
- Method and astrophotographic apparatus for acquiring images of targets in sky area26 May 2026US 12,638,668 B2Suzhou Zhen Wang Optical Co., Ltd
- Method and device for orienting5 May 2026US 12,618,672 B2Wuhan University
- Satellite module for attitude determination17 Mar 2026US 12,576,992 B2D-Orbit S.P.A.
- Apparatus and method for celestial navigation using region of interest subsampling10 Mar 2026US 12,571,634 B2Honeywell International Inc.
- Method and device for orienting27 Aug 2026US 2026/0251451 A1Wuhan University
- Method and astrophotographic apparatus for acquiring images of targets in sky area18 Jun 2026US 2026/0169277 A1Suzhou Zhen Wang Optical Co., Ltd
- Star sensor optical system and star sensor30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118465 A1Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Calibration of reflective surface positioning using light beam alignment to distant reference objects5 Mar 2026US 2026/0063749 A1
- Apparatus and method for celestial navigation using region of interest subsampling17 Apr 2025US 2025/0123104 A1Honeywell International Inc.
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
- Flash LADAR system120US 7,961,301 B2Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. · 2011
- Systems and methods of scene and action capture using imaging system incorporating 3D LIDAR105US 9,041,915 B2Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. · 2015
- Artificial satellite attitude control system58US 4,617,634 AMitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha · 1986
- Autonomous spacecraft navigation system58US 5,109,346 AMicrocosm, Inc. · 1992