Patent ID: 11929819
Assignee: ATLAS SPACE OPERATIONS, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A method implemented by one or more processors executing one or more computer program instructions that, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising:
identifying, based on satellite location information, a first time period during which a first satellite associated with a first space-based communications network being within communication range of a satellite ground station;
generating, prior to a beginning of the first time period, first configuration information for configuring a communications device of the satellite ground station;
providing the first configuration information to the communications device; and
configuring the communications device based on the first configuration information to:
receive a first data signal from a first satellite, and
generate and output a second data signal based on the first data signal, the first data signal comprising first data encoded using one or more first space-based communication protocols, and the second data signal comprising second data encoded using one or more terrestrial-based communication protocols.