US Patent Issued to DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT on Dec. 23 for "Method for data transmission from a spacecraft to ground via a free space optical channel" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,534, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to DEUTSCHES ZENTRUM FUR LUFT-UND RAUMFAHRT E.V. (Bonn, Germany).

"Method for data transmission from a spacecraft to ground via a free space optical channel" was invented by Anil Morab Vishwanath (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method for file transmission from a spacecraft to ground via a Free Space Optical channel comprises the use of the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) standard with assigning a File ID in the Secondary Header and dividing the transmission of the file into several fractions. The type of fraction, namely Start Transfer Frame, Intermediate Transfer...