US Patent Issued to Hughes Network Systems on Sept. 15 for "Systems and methods for extending satellite coverage" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,739,022, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hughes Network Systems LLC.

"Systems and methods for extending satellite coverage" was invented by Lin-Nan Lee (Germantown, Md.), Bill Whitmarsh (Germantown, Md.) and Victor Liau (Germantown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Satellite communication systems and methods are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a satellite communication method includes providing a satellite communication system including a plurality of satellites having inclined orbits, and adjusting a tilt of at least one antenna on at least one satellite of the plurality of satellites so as to increase satellite coverage at a...