US Patent Issued to Kayhan Space on Nov. 11 for "Automated method for satellite conjunction assessment and collision avoidance" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,287, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Kayhan Space Corp. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Automated method for satellite conjunction assessment and collision avoidance" was invented by Siamak Hesar (Boulder, Colo.) and Araz Feyzi (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method including: receiving a conjunction data message representing a first conjunction between a first satellite and a second satellite; in response to identifying the first satellite as maneuverable, in response to identifying the second satellite as maneuverable, and in response to a probability of collision exceeding a threshold probability of collision, and in respon...