US Patent Issued to Oqab Dietrich Induction on Jan. 28 for "Systems and methods for controlling a target satellite" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,927, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Oqab Dietrich Induction Inc. (Kitchener, Canada).

"Systems and methods for controlling a target satellite" was invented by Haroon B. Oqab (Kitchener, Canada) and George B. Dietrich (Kitchener, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example system for controlling a target satellite includes: a satellite-control spacecraft including: a propulsion subsystem configured to propel and navigate the spacecraft proximate the target satellite; and a satellite-capture subsystem configured to: capture the target satellite; apply a control medium to the target satellite, the control medium including an el...