Patent ID: 11962391
Assignee: HORIZON TECHNOLOGIES CONSULTANTS, LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A system for intercepting via an aerial vehicle satellite telephone radio frequency (RF) signals being transmitted to a communications satellite, comprising:
an uplink antenna on the aerial vehicle configured to detect RF signals in a satellite frequency band from an uplink by a satellite telephone handset being transmitted to a communications satellite, wherein the aerial vehicle comprises a cube satellite, an unmanned aerial vehicle, or a manned aerial vehicle;
a signal processor in the aerial vehicle configured to process RF signals in a satellite frequency band detected by the uplink antenna, by digitizing the received signals, and packetizing data for transmission to a data link on the aerial vehicle; and
a data link on the cube satellite configured to transmit detected uplink satellite telephone radio frequency signals ultimately destined for a ground station for decoding.