Systems and methods for automomous protection of satellites from hostile orbital attackers
US11662183B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 13, 2022 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S7/495
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system carried on a satellite in orbit around the earth is configured to detect an object on a collision or near collision course with the satellite, to determine that the object is a hostile attacker and, if so, to timely deploy one or more countermeasures to defeat, deflect, or destroy such an attacker autonomously.
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