US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Jan. 13 for "Latitude optimized satellite constellation" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,778, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Latitude optimized satellite constellation" was invented by Charles E. Quintero (Mitchellville, Md.) and Robert S. Duggan (Bethesda, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system can include a plurality of satellites synchronized in a Waves constellation tailored to maximize coverage of a target ground location at one or more predetermined latitudes with a minimal number of satellites. The plurality of satellites can orbit the Earth in a plurality of orbital planes evenly spaced in right ascension of ascending node. The plurality of satellites can be eve...