Patent ID: 11943042
Assignee: SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing thereon executable instructions that, as a result of being executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
determine a location of the computing device;
determine an original field of regard corresponding to an antenna aperture of a phased array antenna, wherein the original field of regard is associated with a level of communication between the phased array antenna and a satellite constellation including a plurality of satellites in non-geosynchronous (non-GEO) orbit;
output, to a user of the device, a graphical representation of the original field of regard, wherein the graphical representation of the original field of regard includes an indication of image data required to determine an actual level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation;
obtain new image data corresponding to one or more scans of the original field of regard using the device, wherein the indication of the image data required to determine the actual level of communication is updated in real-time as the new image data is obtained;
modify the original field of regard for detecting a zone of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation to generate a modified field of regard, wherein the original field of regard is modified based on the new image data and one or more factors; and
output, to the user of the computing device, an indication of a modified level of communication between the phased array antenna and the satellite constellation associated with the modified field of regard.