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| 12570389 | 3/10/2026 | World View Enterprises | Tucson, AZ | Lighter than air balloon systems and methods | Described herein are features for a high altitude lighter-than-air (LTA) system and associated methods. The LTA may include one or more super-pressure balloons (SPB). One or more of the SPB's may include one or more interior volumes. One or more of the interior volumes may be configured to receive an LTA gas therein to supplement the free lift of the LTA system. There may be an adjustable valve or vent to release the LTA gas. One or more of the interior volumes may be configured to receive ambient air to provide a variable downward force. The SPB may use a compressor to pump in ambient air. Th... |
| 12570414 | 3/10/2026 | United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force | Utica-Rome, NY | Spacecraft dual use deployable element | A deployable spacecraft element which has a solar energy collection and conversion means on one side of the deployable element and a radio frequency reflecting means on the other side of the deployable element. While the solar collection and conversion means and the radio frequency reflecting means are nominally oriented in opposite spatial directions and dependent on the orientation of the spacecraft to orient for solar collection or radio frequency transmission, one or more deployable elements may be mounted to a gimbal to allow for simultaneous solar collection and radio frequency collectio... |
| 12571594 | 3/10/2026 | Lunar Outpost | Denver-Aurora, CO | Extendable conductor for thermal management | A conductor of the extendable conductor assembly may be extended (e.g., into a thermal target, such as a preexisting or a newly created feature of a planetary body) and used to thermally couple a rover, vehicle, fixed installation, or other hardware with the thermal target. Thus, the temperature of the hardware may be managed via heat transfer to/from the thermal target. For instance, heat may be transferred from the thermal target to maintain the temperature of the hardware under cold conditions, while excess heat may be transferred to the thermal target under hot conditions. A rover forms a ... |
| 12571871 | 3/10/2026 | Cognosos | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA | Method and system for locating objects within a master space using machine learning on RF radiolocation | In embodiments, an object location system is configured to receive a transmitted tag package from a Radio Frequency (RF) tag associated with an object. The transmitted tag package includes a representation of RF signals received by the RF tag from respective RF signal sources. The object location system is configured to access multiple data models associated with a respective subspace and generated by associating a RF signal sample received by a tag in the associated subspace at a prior time. The object location system is configured to compare the representation of RF signals to each of the pl... |
| 12572869 | 3/10/2026 | STOKE Space Technologies | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Systems and methods for resource management and scheduling | A system for managing resources and scheduling is disclosed. The system includes a client computer, software executable by the client computer for providing a user interface, a server in data communication with the client computer, a database for storing data in a hierarchical data structure, and a data fusion engine executing on the server. The hierarchical data structure includes a parent node and child nodes linked to the parent node. The data fusion engine is configured to log a workflow to at least one of the child nodes based on user input received via the user interface. A related metho... |
| 12572960 | 3/10/2026 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Systems and methods for providing in-flight communication sessions | Methods, systems, and devices for providing in-flight communication sessions. In some examples, a communication session delivery system may provide network access service or other types of content once a passenger has completed a brand interaction. The brand interaction may be any number of options that a brand partner may require in exchange for access to content. The communication session delivery system may choose from a plurality of reward offers and then display the chosen offers to a passenger. The chosen offers may be selected based on profile information of a passenger and characterist... |
| 12573672 | 3/10/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Switch and battery system | A switch assembly for a battery module comprises a base unit, a first plug, and a second plug. The base unit defines a socket in which are located first and second positive contacts and first and second negative contacts. The first plug is configured to be inserted into the socket and comprises a first connector operable to connect the first positive contact to the second positive contact and a second connector operable to connect the first negative contact to the second negative contact when the first plug is inserted into the socket. The second plug comprises a connector operable to connect ... |
| 12574105 | 3/10/2026 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Systems and methods for pointing a steerable antenna system onboard a satellite | Systems and methods disclosed herein for pointing a steerable antenna system ({b}22{/b}) onboard a satellite ({b}10{/b}) exploit advantageous image-processing techniques that provide a computationally-efficient and accurate way of determining the pointing error of the steerable antenna system ({b}22{/b}) and determining corresponding pointing corrections. Received-signal power measurements for individual array elements in an antenna array of the steerable antenna system provide the basis for forming a power-distribution image ({b}70{/b}) that reveals where an uplink signal ({b}42{/b}) falls on... |
| 12574109 | 3/10/2026 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Flexible beamforming for satellite communications | Systems and methods for supporting more flexible coverage areas and spatial capacity assignments using satellite communications systems are disclosed. A hub-spoke, bent-pipe satellite communications system includes: terminals; gateways; a controller for specifying data for controlling satellite operations in accordance with a frame definition including timeslots for a frame and defining an allocation of capacity between forward and return traffic. The satellite communications system may employ a satellite with a feed array assembly and may use on-board beamforming or ground-based beamforming. ... |
