ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,560, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to AST & Science LLC (Midland, Texas).
"System for tracking solar energy" was invented by Adam H. Halperin (Silver Spring, Md.) and Raymond J. Sedwick (University Park, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna system is configured for use in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) around Earth. The system has a plurality of antenna satellites coupled together to form a phased array. Each of the plurality of antenna satellites have an antenna body with an antenna and a solar cell. A processing device determines an orientation of the plurality of antenna satellites and position the phased array in the orientatio...