Patents Assigned to HTS
  • Method and apparatus for tracking satellites in inclined orbits
    Patent number: 5077561
    Abstract: A computerized antenna mount system for continuously tracking a satellite in geosynchronous orbit that has an inclined orbit with respect to the equator. An antenna mount that automatically adjusts the declination angle of a ground station satellite antenna as a function of time after iteratively compiling the declination angle history from one complete orbit of a satellite. Different satellite orbits may be so compiled with selection of each satellite and its corresponding orbit information from memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: HTS
    Inventors: W. Daniel Gorton, James Burr, Timothy Morris, David C. Tigwell, Michael Cavanaugh