Laser communications following an atmospheric event
First Claim
1. A method for communications, the method comprising:
- transmitting, by at least one laser on at least one first satellite, at least one first transmit signal;
receiving, by at least one detector on the at least one first satellite, at least one first receive signal,wherein the at least one first transmit signal and the at least one first receive signal are laser signals;
adapting, by at least one first processor on the at least one first satellite, the at least one first transmit signal according to at least one atmospheric event;
when the at least one atmospheric event occurs, storing, by the at least one first processor on the at least one first satellite, at least one critical mission parameter of an as-is state of the at least one first satellite in memory; and
when the at least one atmospheric event ends, uploading, by the at least one first processor on the at least one first satellite, the at least one critical mission parameter from the memory, and configuring, by the at least one first processor on the at least one first satellite, the at least one first satellite according to the at least one critical mission parameter.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatus for laser communications following an atmospheric event. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves transmitting, by at least one laser on at least one first satellite, at least one first transmit signal. The method further involves receiving, by at least one detector on at least one first satellite, at least one first receive signal. In one or more embodiments, at least one first satellite is in super-geosynchronous earth orbit (S-GEO). In at least one embodiment, at least one first transmit signal and at least one first receive signal are laser signals. Further, the method involves adapting, by at least one first processor on at least one first satellite, at least one first transmit signal according to at least one atmospheric event.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for communications, the method comprising:
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transmitting, by at least one laser on at least one first satellite, at least one first transmit signal; receiving, by at least one detector on the at least one first satellite, at least one first receive signal, wherein the at least one first transmit signal and the at least one first receive signal are laser signals; adapting, by at least one first processor on the at least one first satellite, the at least one first transmit signal according to at least one atmospheric event; when the at least one atmospheric event occurs, storing, by the at least one first processor on the at least one first satellite, at least one critical mission parameter of an as-is state of the at least one first satellite in memory; and when the at least one atmospheric event ends, uploading, by the at least one first processor on the at least one first satellite, the at least one critical mission parameter from the memory, and configuring, by the at least one first processor on the at least one first satellite, the at least one first satellite according to the at least one critical mission parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for communications, the system comprising:
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at least one laser on at least one first satellite to transmit at least one first transmit signal; at least one detector on the least one first satellite to receive at least one first receive signal, wherein the at least one first transmit signal and the at least one first receive signal are laser signals; and at least one first processor, on the at least one first satellite, to adapt the at least one first transmit signal according to at least one atmospheric event;
when the at least one atmospheric event occurs, to store at least one critical mission parameter of an as-is state of the at least one first satellite in memory; and
when the at least one atmospheric event ends, to upload the at least one critical mission parameter from the memory and to configure the at least one first satellite according to the at least one critical mission parameter. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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