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| 12534225 | 1/27/2026 | Blue Origin | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Satellite dispensing system | Stacked satellite dispensing systems are described herein. The disclosed systems can release individual satellites or small batches of satellites from a satellite stack in a controlled manner. Dispensing individual satellites at different locations in space can more evenly dispense satellites or to dispense satellites at distinct locations. A deployment system, including a motor, a cable, and spacers, can allow for the individual satellites to be deployed from the satellite stack. The disclosed satellite dispensing systems also include spacers that are positioned between two or more satellites... |
| 12535359 | 1/27/2026 | NASA | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Non-contact broad-range temperature measurement system | A temperature measurement system includes a multimode fiber optic cable having a first end and a second end. A fixture positions the first end in non-contact proximity to a refractory-material object configured to experience temperatures in a temperature range from ambient atmospheric temperature to approximately 3300 K. The radiant energy emanating from the object is collected at the fiber optic cable's first end and is transmitted to its second end. An optical detector, coupled to the second end of the fiber optic cable, converts the radiant energy to a first electrical signal having an ampl... |
| 12536502 | 1/27/2026 | STOKE Space Technologies | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | Product design and manufacture management system and method | Techniques of item assembly testing that include: obtaining assembly information; generating, based on the assembly information, a bill of materials (BOM) including a listing of parts corresponding to a configuration of parts defined by the assembly information; generating, based on the listing of parts, a set of reference designators; obtaining an item label set; generating, based on the item label set and the set of reference designators, an assembly bill of materials (ABOM) that includes the labels associated with the parts reference designators; generating, for a test of the item assembly,... |
| 12537545 | 1/27/2026 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Variable-rate true-time delay filter | Systems, methods and devices are disclosed for a variable-rate true-time delay (VR-TTD) decimator for receiving an input data signal and providing an output decimated signal. The VR-TTD decimator may comprise: a VR-TTD decimator input for receiving the input data signal; and a VR-TTD decimator output for outputting the output decimated signal; a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) for receiving a time delay control signal and a desired rate signal and for controlling coarse filtering, fine filtering and decimation of the input data signal; and an accumulator for generating the output decim... |
| 12537574 | 1/27/2026 | Space Exploration Technologies | Starbase, TX | Channel aggregation digital beamforming | In an embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more electrical components. The one or more electrical components are configured to encode each data beam of a first plurality of data beams of a first channel to generate an encoded first plurality of data beams. The one or more electrical components are configured to encode each data beam of a second plurality of data beams of a second channel to generate an encoded second plurality of data beams. The one or more electrical components are configured to generate a combined channel comprising an aggregation of at least a portion of the encoded fir... |
| 12537575 | 1/27/2026 | Viasat | San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA | Techniques for end-to-end beamforming with multiple areas of simultaneous user coverage | A satellite communications system and method of operation provides service to pluralities of user terminals in multiple non-overlapping user coverage areas, based on performing ground-based, end-to-end beamforming simultaneously with respect to the multiple user coverage areas. A satellite communications system and method of operation provides service to pluralities of user terminals in multiple non-overlapping user coverage areas, based on performing ground-based, end-to-end beamforming simultaneously with respect to the multiple user coverage areas. The system provides a number of simultaneo... |
| 12537594 | 1/27/2026 | Hughes Network Systems | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | Satellite path calibration | A method for setting a calibration signal power, the method including: transmitting a calibration-modulated wave (CMW) signal at a frequency slot; receiving a power measurement of the CMW signal; calculating a calibration correction factor for the frequency slot based on the power measurement; and adjusting a transmission power of the CMW signal at the frequency slot based on the calibration correction factor. A method for switching over a control channel and a voice channel from an old sub-band to a new-sub-band, the method including: switching over control channel and voice channel among mul... |
