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(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0215985 A1 Kaplan Et Al US 20110215985A1 (19) United States (12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2011/0215985 A1 Kaplan et al. (43) Pub. Date: Sep. 8, 2011 (54) APPLICATIONS FOR LOW PROFILE TWO continuation-in-part of application No. 10/498,668, WAY SATELLITE ANTENNASYSTEM filed on Jun. 10, 2004, now Pat. No. 6,995,712, which is a continuation-in-part of application No. PCT/ (75) Inventors: Ilan Kaplan, North Bethesda, MD US05/28507, filed on Aug. 10, 2005. (US); Mario Ganchev Gachev, Sofia (BG); Moshe Bercovich, (60) Provisional application No. 60/650,122, filed on Feb. McLean, VA (US); Danny Spirtus, 7, 2005, provisional application No. 60/653.520, filed Holon (IS); Daniel Francis on Feb. 17, 2005. DiFonzo, Vienna, VA (US); Kevin Arthur Bruestle, Falls Church, VA Publication Classification (US); Robert Yip, Vienna, VA (51) Int. Cl. (US); Victor Boyanov, Sofia (BG): H01O 21/08 (2006.01) Yoel Gat, Airport City (IL); Stanimir Dimitrov Kamenopolski, (52) U.S. Cl. ........................................................ 343/879 Sofia (BG) (57) ABSTRACT (73) Assignee: RAYSAT ANTENNASYSTEMS, Antenna and satellite communications assemblies and asso L.L.C., Vienna, VA (US) ciated satellite tracking systems that may include a low profile two-way antenna arrangement, tracking systems, and appli (21) Appl. No.: 13/030,866 cations thereof. Applications for the system include military, civilian, and domestic emergency response applications. The (22) Filed: Feb. 18, 2011 antenna arrangements may be configured to form a spatial multi-element array able to track a satellite in an elevation Related U.S. Application Data plane by electronically dynamically targeting the antenna (63) Continuation of application No. 1 1/647,576, filed on arrangement and/or mechanically dynamically rotating the Dec. 29, 2006, now Pat. No. 7,911,400, which is a antenna arrangements about transverse axes giving rise to continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/320,805, generation of respective elevation angles and dynamically filed on Dec. 30, 2005, now Pat. No. 7,705,793, which changing the respective distances between the axes whilst is a continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/074, maintaining a predefined relationship between said distances 754, filed on Mar. 9, 2005, now abandoned, which is a and the respective elevation angles. The system provides continuation-in-part of application No. 10/925,937, autonomous dynamic tracking of satellite signals and can be filed on Aug. 26, 2004, now Pat. No. 7,379,707, which used for satellite communications on moving vehicles in a is a continuation-in-part of application No. 1 1/071, variety of frequency bands for military and civilian applica 440, filed on Mar. 4, 2005, now abandoned, which is a tions. 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The array type comprises at least three sub-groups APPLICATIONS depending on the antenna beam steering means: 1) fully elec tronic (such as the one disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,886,671 0001. The present application is a continuation of U.S. Riemer et al.); 2) fully mechanical steering; and 3) combined application Ser. No. 1 1/647,576, filed Dec. 29, 2006, which is electronic and mechanical steering. The present invention a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No 1 1/320, relates to the latter two Sub-groups. 805, filed Dec. 30, 2005 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,705,793), which 0006. Other patents related to antenna systems include claims benefit under 35 USC S119(e)(1) of U.S. Provisional U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,975,885, 6,067,453, 5,963,862, 5,963,862, Application No. 60/650,122 filed Feb.
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