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| 12643312 | 6/2/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Acoustic blanket | An acoustic blanket absorbs acoustic energy and reduces noise in a launch vehicle. The acoustic blanket may be overlaid on a wall of a payload fairing of the launch vehicle. Materials and construction of the acoustic blanket allow for a relatively thin and light sound barrier. The acoustic blanket may comprise vertically-lapped polyester that is overlaid with a lightweight melamine foam. This combination of materials creates an acoustic impedance mismatch between layers that leads to absorption of acoustic energy across a relatively broad range of frequency bands. The acoustic blanket has a pa... |
| 12643683 | 6/2/2026 | AST Science | Midland, TX | Solar, electronic, RF radiator for a self-contained structure for space application array | An array of antenna assemblies each generate solar power and utilize the generated solar power at that antenna assembly, which enables large amounts of power to be generated. An antenna assembly having a flat antenna layer forming a first outer surface of said antenna assembly, a flat solar layer forming a second outer surface of said antenna assembly, and a flat structural layer having a flat support structure sandwiched between the antenna layer and the solar layer. The antenna layer has a flat antenna plate with one or more antennas at the first outer surface of the antenna assembly to comm... |
| 12643687 | 6/2/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Transpiration-cooled systems having permeable and non-permeable portions | Transpiration-cooled systems having permeable and non-permeable portions are provided. In one aspect, a nozzle for a rocket engine includes a non-permeable outer layer, a plurality of walls, a permeable layer, and a plurality of cooling channels. The non-permeable outer layer forms a predetermined shape of the nozzle and defines an interior space. The plurality of walls extend generally orthogonal to the non-permeable outer layer and into the interior space. The permeable layer is disposed between each set of adjacent walls of the plurality of walls. The permeable layer is spaced a distance fr... |
| 12643688 | 6/2/2026 | Blue Origin Manufacturing | Huntsville, AL | Rocket engine-based payload transporter | A propulsion-based payload transporter (PPT) and methods of its operation are provided. The PPT may operate in a gravitational field such as that on the lunar surface. Via rocket engines that produce thrust, the PPT is configured to descend onto and over a payload to be moved. Once in position with respect to the payload, latches engage with the payload so as to secure the payload in a payload holding bay of the PPT. The rocket engines produce thrust with an exhaust plume that is angled away from the payload to avoid payload damage. The rocket engines, which are located at the sides of the pay... |
| 12644538 | 6/2/2026 | Sierra Space | Boulder, CO | Debris-tolerant sealing valve | Methods, devices, and systems are described for a system including a rotation motor configured to rotate a valve seal holder, the valve seal holder having at least one pass-through interface and closed-off interface, a camshaft coupled to the valve seal holder, and a controller communicatively coupled to the rotation motor and the camshaft. The controller is configured to separate at least one of the pass-through interface or the closed-off interface of the valve seal holder from the seat configured to interface with the external system. The controller is configured to rotate, using the rotati... |
| 12646831 | 6/2/2026 | Hughes Network Systems | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Automated alignment of an antenna's frame of reference to that of a transit craft | Techniques are described for aligning an antenna's frame of reference to that of a transit craft without relying on precise physical antenna alignment during installation. For example, the antenna is installed on the craft in coarse alignment with the craft's three-dimensional reference frame. The antenna is initially steered based on obtaining ephemeris information for a radiofrequency (RF) node and receiving craft attitude and location information from an on-craft navigation system (OCNS). The antenna finds and locks onto an RF signal from the RF node and uses closed-loop tracking to optimiz... |
| 12646834 | 6/2/2026 | VIASAT | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Phased array antenna system | Systems and methods are provided for implementing a phased array antenna having a boresight direction. A scan angle within a defined range of scan angles is selected for the phased array antenna such that the selected scan angle is different from a scan angle associated with the boresight direction. An antenna port impedance associated with each of a plurality of antenna elements comprising the phased array antenna varies with the scan angle of the phased array antenna. A plurality of amplifiers are each coupled to an antenna port of one of the plurality of antenna elements. Each of the plural... |
| 12647175 | 6/2/2026 | EUTELSAT SA | Issy-les-Moulineaux, | Methods for the transmission of data between a resource constrained device and a non-geostationary satellite and associated method | A method for the transmission of a region-specific piece of information from at least one non-geostationary satellite to at least one ground-based device, the method being carried out by the non-geostationary satellite and including emitting at least one signal periodically towards the Earth, the signal including the region-specific piece of information and an elevation criterion, the region-specific piece of information being specific to a region around the nadir of the non-geostationary satellite, the elevation criterion being relative to the region around the nadir of the non-geostationary ... |
| 12647176 | 6/2/2026 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Method and apparatus for beam-group steering | A beamforming method ({b}700{/b}) and apparatus ({b}10{/b}) disclosed herein use an advantageous approach to beamforming involving the application of beamforming weights ({b}24{/b}) that define respective beams ({b}72{/b}) of a beam group ({b}70{/b}) as spatially non-overlapping and having fixed spatial relationships within the beam group ({b}70{/b}), and the application of beam-group steering weights ({b}28{/b}) that steer the respective beams ({b}72{/b}) of the beam group ({b}70{/b}) in a common direction. The arrangement allows, for example, limiting the beamforming structure of the beamfor... |
| 12647193 | 6/2/2026 | HUGHES NETWORK SYSTEMS | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Interference mitigation across multiple constellations in a satellite communication system | A satellite communication system which provides interference mitigation across multiple constellations. The satellite communication system provides interference mitigation when an in-line event occurs where a main lobe of a satellite of the first constellation and a main lobe of a user terminal communicating with the satellite of the second satellite constellation intersect sufficiently to cause significant interference on a common frequency band of the satellite and the user terminal.... |
| 12647761 | 6/2/2026 | CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | Paris, | Bluetooth transmission from a satellite to a ground telecommunication terminal | A device capable of being installed on a satellite, comprising telecommunication means for broadcasting information directly to at least one telecommunication terminal on the ground. The information is broadcast according to a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol, and in AD mode. The device can be used in particular for an Earth observation satellite.... |
| 12647761 | 6/2/2026 | CYMOON | Toulouse, | Bluetooth transmission from a satellite to a ground telecommunication terminal | A device capable of being installed on a satellite, comprising telecommunication means for broadcasting information directly to at least one telecommunication terminal on the ground. The information is broadcast according to a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol, and in AD mode. The device can be used in particular for an Earth observation satellite.... |
| 12647761 | 6/2/2026 | INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE BORDEAUX | Talence, | Bluetooth transmission from a satellite to a ground telecommunication terminal | A device capable of being installed on a satellite, comprising telecommunication means for broadcasting information directly to at least one telecommunication terminal on the ground. The information is broadcast according to a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol, and in AD mode. The device can be used in particular for an Earth observation satellite.... |
| 12647761 | 6/2/2026 | UNIVERSITE DE BORDEAUX | Bordeaux, | Bluetooth transmission from a satellite to a ground telecommunication terminal | A device capable of being installed on a satellite, comprising telecommunication means for broadcasting information directly to at least one telecommunication terminal on the ground. The information is broadcast according to a Bluetooth Low Energy protocol, and in AD mode. The device can be used in particular for an Earth observation satellite.... |
| 12647863 | 6/2/2026 | Space Exploration Technologies | Starbase, TX | System and method for selecting among multiple satellite network paths at a user terminal | A user terminal for a satellite communication system is programmed to receive data specifying candidate satellites of a plurality of satellites as being available for links during a plurality of time slots. The user terminal is assigned to a ground network point-of-presence (PoP). The candidate satellites are scheduled to communicate with different ones of a plurality of gateway terminals during each time slot. The user terminal can, during a first time slot, transmit first data requests to one of the candidate satellites; detect a deviation from a communication quality threshold on a communic... |
| 12647907 | 6/2/2026 | Hughes Network Systems | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Transmit power density limit normalization for electronically steerable antennas with scan angle varying density limit | Techniques described herein provide transmit power density limit normalization for electronically steerable antenna subsystems in user terminals having scan angle varying power spectral density limits. Embodiments can further simplify or eliminate impacts on UT modem and/or satellite ground networks, and can remove dependencies on the UT antenna type and its antenna performance characterization.... |
