Systems for recovery communications via airborne platforms

A communications system for providing recovery communication service to users in a coverage area affected by an emergency disruption of normal communication services, the system comprising:

• a ground hub serving as a gateway to terrestrial networks including a dispatch center, the ground hub being configured to communicate with at least three mobile airborne platforms roving over the coverage area via respective feeder-links in a Ku or Ka band;
• a first mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to communicate in a first frequency band with emergency workers that are working in the coverage area and associated with the dispatch center;
• a second mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to communicate, in place of at least one disrupted base station in the coverage area, with user mobile phones in mobile phone frequency bands or user personal devices in WiFi bands located in the coverage area;
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• a third mobile airborne platform of the at least three mobile airborne platforms, configured to generate real-time imaging of surfaces located in the coverage area, the third mobile airborne platform comprising a bi-static radar receiver to capture satellite signals originated from a satellite via a direct path and via reflected paths from the surfaces.

A communications system for providing real-time imaging of surfaces located in a coverage area affected by an emergency disruption of normal communication services, the system comprising:

• a first mobile airborne platform configured to communicate in a first frequency band with emergency workers that are working in the coverage area and associated with a dispatch center;
• a second mobile airborne platform configured to communicate, in place of at least one disrupted base station in the coverage area, with user mobile phones in mobile phone frequency bands or user personal devices in WiFi bands located in the coverage area;
• a third mobile airborne platform configured to provide real-time imaging of the surfaces located in the coverage area, the third mobile airborne platform comprising a bi-static radar receiver to capture satellite signals originated from a satellite via a direct path and via reflected paths from the surfaces, the satellite being one of communications satellites and direct broadcasting satellites;
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• a ground hub configured to communicate concurrently and independently with each of the first, second and third mobile airborne platforms via respective feeder-links in a Ku or Ka band.