US Patent Issued to Excalibur Almaz USA on June 17 for "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for tether-based reaction control and orbital energy reduction" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,817, issued on June 17, was assigned to Excalibur Almaz USA Inc. (Houston).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for tether-based reaction control and orbital energy reduction" was invented by Arthur M. Dula (Houston), Neha Satak (Bengaluru, India) and Prasad Laxminarayana (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tether-based reaction control systems for spacecraft undergoing atmospheric entry or reducing orbital energy, including systems that use atmospheric drag on one or more tethers to alter the angle of attack of the spacecraft during its atmospheric transit to reduce the thermal and mechanical loads on the spacecraft duri...