US 11,955,715 B2
Satellite array architecture
Chris Cosner, Los Angeles, CA (US); Ying Feria, Manhattan Beach, CA (US); Raenaurd Turpin, La Mirada, CA (US); Andre Houle, Rolling Hills Estates, CA (US); Richard Aston, Los Angeles, CA (US); Brett Cope, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Ricardo Leon, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Filed by Blue Digs LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on May 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/742,022.
Application 17/742,022 is a continuation of application No. 16/900,716, filed on Jun. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,336,029.
Application 16/900,716 is a continuation of application No. 16/240,569, filed on Jan. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,686,256, issued on Jun. 16, 2020.
Application 16/240,569 is a continuation of application No. 15/672,122, filed on Aug. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,177,460, issued on Jan. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/489,369, filed on Apr. 24, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344830 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); B64G 1/64 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 5/42 (2015.01); H01Q 5/50 (2015.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/0018 (2013.01) [B64G 1/641 (2013.01); H01Q 1/288 (2013.01); H01Q 5/42 (2015.01); H01Q 5/50 (2015.01); B64G 1/643 (2023.08); H01Q 1/08 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04B 7/18515 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus comprising:
a payload fairing;
a first communications satellite in the payload fairing comprising a first satellite bus, the first communications satellite comprising a first antenna array in a retracted configuration and a first actuator configured to increase a distance between the first antenna array and the first satellite bus when the first communication satellite is deployed in space;
a second communications satellite, comprising a second satellite bus, stacked under the first satellite bus in the payload fairing; and
a third communications satellite, comprising a third satellite bus, stacked over the first satellite bus in the payload fairing.