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Communications system with moving bodies with the aid of satellites

US4943808A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 14, 1989
Grant dateJul 24, 1990
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Expiry dateFeb 14, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/195
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The system comprises at least two geosynchronous satellites (S-A, S-B) having the same elliptical orbit and the same trace on the ground. The longitudes of ascending node are displaced. The moving bodies have a vertically pointed fixed antenna. The system operates for 24 hours continuously with one or other of the satellites.

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