Patents by Inventor Robert Hadley Philbrick

Robert Hadley Philbrick has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems and methods for hybrid lunar surface and space domain situational awareness
    Patent number: 11772824
    Abstract: Systems and methods for obtaining images of a lunar surface and cislunar space using a hybrid telescope are provided. One hybrid telescope is carried by each of two spacecraft. Each spacecraft is in an elliptical orbit about the Moon. The periapsides of the spacecraft orbits are 180° apart from one another. In addition, the spacecraft can be phased 180° apart from one another to enable an offset in access times of each telescope to the cislunar and surface domains respectively. The image sensors associated with the telescopes can include a staring mode for collecting images from cislunar space, and a scanning mode for collecting images from the lunar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Elvis Dariel Silva, Jeffrey Edward Van Cleve, Robert Hadley Philbrick, Christopher Joseph Grant, Jacob Daniel Griesbach, Michael Patrick Mahoney