ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,001, issued on June 24, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Space situational awareness business device, space traffic business device, and space traffic management system" was invented by Hisayuki Mukae (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An SSA business device is a business device with which an SSA business operator manages space object information. The SSA business device includes a space traffic management device that is compatible with space traffic management devices respectively included in business devices that manage space objects. The SSA business device is connected, through the space traffic management d...