Patent ID: 9461733
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A telecommunications system for intermittent data transfer from and to at least one user located substantially on the surface of a celestial body, the telecommunications system comprising: at least one surface transmitter/receiver terminal associated with each user; one or more moving signal repeaters to repeat signals transmitted to or received from the surface terminals, the repeaters moving above the surface of the celestial body, each moving repeater having at least one antenna oriented toward the surface of the celestial body, and configured to allow communications from and to surface terminals, each antenna producing a transmission/reception beam, a track of which on the surface of the celestial body forms a ground track, the progressive sweeping of the surface by the ground track forms a strip called a swath; and an active track length reduction device, configured to ensure that, at each point P of the swath of the moving repeater, and on each pass of the latter, a total coverage time along a line of movement by at least one active antenna of the moving repeater determines a length L