ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,933, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Method, processing circuitry, and computer readable medium intended for use with a satellite constellation including one hundred or more satellites" was invented by Hisayuki Mukae (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reserve satellite cluster including a plurality of satellites stands by at an orbit altitude lower than an orbit altitude of a steadily operated satellite cluster in a satellite constellation. In a case where a satellite configuring the steadily operated satellite cluster has been lost, a satellite, existing around a lost orbital position that...