Patent ID: 8751064
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A satellite communication system, comprising: a plurality of first antennas each at a fixed non-mobile location, and each configured to communicate with a non-geostationary satellite traveling along an orbital path, a plurality of communication stations, each of the plurality of first antennas being secured to respective ones of the plurality of communication stations, the plurality of communication stations operatively connected to a communication network; and a user device having processing capability and adapted to store a satellite tasking application, the user device adapted to communicate with the non-geostationary satellite using the satellite tasking application and the communication network, wherein the satellite tasking application is adapted to prompt a user of the user device with one or more menus configured to assist the user in developing a task to be communicated to the non-geostationary satellite.