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US 2013/0158743 A1Published application
Space Positioning System
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorCornel Prunean
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Abstract
A method and apparatus comprising a satellite, an antenna system associated with the satellite, and a transmitter in the satellite. The antenna system is configured to transmit a signal in a direction away from a surface of an earth. The transmitter is configured to transmit location information in the signal using the antenna system.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a satellite;
- an antenna system associated with the satellite, wherein the antenna system is configured to transmit a signal in a direction away from a surface of an earth;
- and
- a transmitter in the satellite, wherein the transmitter is configured to transmit location information in the signal using the antenna system.
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A method for moving a spacecraft, the method comprising:
- receiving a number of signals from a number of satellites at the spacecraft, wherein the number of signals is transmitted from a number of antenna systems associated with the number of satellites and the number of antenna systems is configured to transmit the number of signals in a direction away from a surface of an earth;
- identifying location information in the number of signals received from the number of satellites;
- and
- moving the spacecraft using the location information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.