ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,719, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Satellite feed antenna testing" was invented by Amanuel Haile (El Segundo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for testing a feed antenna of a satellite includes generating a source signal internal to the satellite. The satellite includes the feed antenna disposed on an exterior of the satellite. The method further includes generating a transmit signal external to the satellite by a broadcast of the source signal with the feed antenna, generating a test signal with a probe in response to a first reception of a test portion of the transmit signal. The...