Patent ID: 11945605
Assignee: KATALYST SPACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. An in-orbit mesh network, comprising at least two space situational awareness enhancement modules for attachment to a host satellite, each space situational awareness enhancement module comprising at least one of a satellite spatial position sensor, a range sensor, a navigation sensor, and a proximity sensor for detecting other objects in-orbit, and determining at least one of location, speed, acceleration, and orbital trajectory of the other objects, wherein the space situational awareness enhancement modules communicate to create the in-orbit mesh network between the space situational awareness enhancement modules; and
wherein the host satellite comprises an attachment mechanism for receiving at least one of the space situational awareness enhancement modules and wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a bin attached to the host satellite, the bin further comprising bin-module interface connectors and the space situational awareness enhancement module further comprising module-bin interface connectors, wherein the space situational awareness enhancement module is inserted into the bin such that the bin-module interface connectors and the module-bin interface connectors connect to form a bin-enhancement module combination such that the space situational awareness enhancement module is in communication with the host satellite.