US Patent Issued to Skeyeon on April 1 for "Radio frequency data downlink for a high revisit rate, near earth orbit satellite system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,267,146, issued on April 1, was assigned to Skeyeon Inc. (San Diego).

"Radio frequency data downlink for a high revisit rate, near earth orbit satellite system" was invented by Dan Nobbe (San Diego) and Ronald E. Reedy (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A satellite system operates at altitudes between 100 and 350 km relying on vehicles including a self-sustaining ion engine to counteract atmospheric drag to maintain near-constant orbit dynamics. The system operates at altitudes that are substantially lower than traditional satellites, reducing size, weight and cost of the vehicles and their constituent subsystems such as optical i...