ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,632, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to THALES (Courbevoie, France).
"Satellite system and method for geolocating a radiofrequency transmitter" was invented by Olivier Perrin (Toulouse, France), Roland Baudin (Toulouse, France) and Patrick Cordier (Toulouse, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite configured to operate radiofrequency communications from one or more antenna systems. The satellite further comprises a device dedicated to locating RF equipments comprising: a reception antenna comprising a plurality N of radiating elements configured to receive an RF signal, analogue means for frequency multiplexing the signals ...