US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on June 23 for "Mega-constellation business device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,256, issued on June 23, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Mega-constellation business device" was invented by Hisayuki Mukae (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite constellation forming system (100) forms a satellite constellation which is composed of a satellite group and in which the satellite group cooperatively provides a service. The satellite constellation has a plurality of orbital planes in each of which a plurality of satellites fly at the same nominal orbital altitude. A satellite constellation forming unit (110) continues providing the service while avoiding a collision between satellites by bo...