ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,907, issued on June 16, was assigned to Urugus S.A. (Montevideo, Uruguay).

"Planet observation system and method for remote sensing" was invented by Eduardo Romero (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Gerardo Gabriel Richarte (Barcelona, Spain) and Matias Alejo Grana (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods and devices for planet observation are provided. A planet observation system is provided, comprising at least one vehicle comprising one or more sensors on board at least one vehicle, the at least one vehicle configured to follow a trajectory around a celestial body; and a control system comprising memory and a proc...