US 12,244,575 B2
Method and system for satellite tasking
Reuben Sorensen, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Ryan Farris, Arlington, VA (US); and Doug Muhlbauer, Sterling, VA (US)
Assigned to R2 SPACE, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed by R2 Space, LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/169,527.
Application 18/169,527 is a continuation of application No. 16/835,141, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,588,795.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/825,718, filed on Mar. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0198963 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 9/14 (2006.01)
CPC H04L 63/0428 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4843 (2013.01); G06F 9/54 (2013.01); H04L 9/14 (2013.01); H04L 63/0272 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A satellite tasking method comprising:
receiving, at an operations center, a satellite tasking order from a client;
generating, in the operations center, a security tag associated with the tasking order;
generating, in the operations center, instructions for a satellite based on the tasking order, wherein the instructions include the security tag, and wherein the security tag comprises a string of characters that tie the tasking order to the client;
transmitting the instructions to the satellite;
receiving, at a remote cloud server, captured data from the satellite, wherein the captured data is responsive to the satellite tasking order;
receiving, at the remote cloud server, a request from the client to access the captured data; and
determining that the client may access the captured data based on the security tag, wherein the determining that the client has access to the captured data comprises using a resolving function to attribute the characters of the security tag to the client.