ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,844, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Satellite information transmission system, communication satellite, ground facility, and satellite communication system" was invented by Hisayuki Mukae (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication satellite (20) provided in a satellite information transmission system includes a first optical communication terminal (51C), a second optical communication terminal (52C), a third optical communication terminal (53C), and a fourth optical communication terminal (54C). An Azimuth visual field change range (53B) of the third optical communication terminal (53C...