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US 2024/0195494 A1Published application
Data transmission systems and methods using satellite-to-satellite radio links
AssigneeStar Mesh LLC
InventorGerald R. Schloemer
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AssigneeStar Mesh LLC
InventorGerald R. Schloemer
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Radio communications systems use 100 to 200 satellites in random low-earth orbits distributed over a predetermined range of north and south latitudes. The satellites themselves create a radio route between ground stations via radio links between multiple satellites by virtue of onboard global navigation satellite system circuitry for determining the location of the satellite and route creation circuitry for calculating in real time the direction from the satellite's location at a particular instant to a destination ground station. Directional antennas in the satellites transmit routing radio signals to enhance the probability of reception by other satellites. One embodiment facilitates the creation of satellite-to-satellite links by assigning each satellite a unique identifier, storing orbital information defining the locations of all of the orbiting satellites in the system at any particular time, and including in the radio signal the unique identifier associated with the transmitting satellite.
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A radio communications system including a constellation of multiple satellites disposed in random orbits comprising system nodes enabling internodal data transmission, wherein each satellite in the constellation includes:
A radio communications system including a constellation of multiple orbiting satellites comprising system nodes enabling internodal data transmission, wherein each satellite in the constellation includes:
A universal satellite infrastructure comprising multiple satellites orbiting the earth wherein every satellite in the infrastructure includes storage circuitry for storing orbital information defining the location of the satellite with reference to its latitude and longitude relative to the earth's surface and the orbital information of all of the other satellites in the infrastructure.
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