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INTER-SATELLITE CROSSLINK COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

  • US 20090053995A1
  • Filed: 08/15/2008
  • Published: 02/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A communications system configured for use in space, comprising:

  • a mobile communications platform configured for use in space that includes an inter-satellite link (ISL) antenna configured to transmit information to a target satellite through a non-ISL antenna of the target satellite, whereinsaid mobile communications platform includes a controller configured todetermine a location of the mobile platform,determine whether the target satellite is within communications range, andprepare a signal for transmission through the non-ISL antenna of the target satellite, andsaid mobile communications platform is configured to relay transmissions through the non-ISL antenna of the target satellite to another communications platform.

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