ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,764, issued on April 21, was assigned to KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for estimating the state of charge of a satellite battery in a satellite system" was invented by Seok-Teak Yun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for estimating a state of charge of a satellite battery in a satellite system. According to the present disclosure, a method of operating an apparatus for estimating a state of charge includes obtaining satellite information indicating the status of the satellite according to a mission plan of t...