ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,436, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of Space Inc. (Japan).

"Spacecraft control system, spacecraft control method, and server device" was invented by Masahiko Uetsuhara (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a spacecraft control system, a spacecraft control method, and a server device capable of quickly transmitting control data to a spacecraft. The spacecraft system includes: a plurality of spacecrafts; a plurality of small communicators that transmit control data related to imaging operations of the spacecrafts to the spacecrafts; and at least one ground station that receives, fr...