Satellite and space communications systems

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF COMMUNICATING SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE TO A BODY IN SPACE WHERE SAID BODY INCLUDES A DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA HAVING AT LEAST ONE NULL ORIENTATION WITH RESPECT TO RADIO SIGNALS RECEIVED FROM ANY PREDETERMINED DIRECTION, THE METHOD COMPRISING THE STEPS OF; (A) TRANSMISSION SAID INTELLIGENCE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE FORM OF MODULATED CARRIER RADIO WAVES FROM AT LEAST TWO GEOGRAPHICALLY WIDELY SPACED STATIONS WHOSE SPACING IS SUFFICIENT IN RELATION TO THE DISTANCE OF SAID BODY THAT SAID ANTENNA CAN HAVE A NULL ORIENTATION WITH RESPECT TO AT MOST ONE OF SAID RADIO WAVES; (B) AND RESPONDING AT SAID BODY IN SPACE TO ONLY THE STRONGER OF THE WAVES RECEIVED FROM SAID TWO TRANSMITTING STATIONS.

Claim 2

THE METHOD COMMUNICATING SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE BETWEEN TWO WIDELY SPACED STATIONS ON EARTH VIA A BODY IN SPACE, COMPRISING THE STEPS TRANSMITTING FROM ONE OF SAID STATIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY DIFFERENT CARRIER FREQUENCY WAVES EACH MODULATED ACCORDING TO THE INTELLIGENCE TO BE TRANSMITTED, RECEIVING AT SAID SAID BODY IN SPACE THE SEVERAL CARRIER WAVES IMPINGING THEREON, DEMODULATING AT SAID BODY IN SPACE THE STRONGEST OF THE SEVERAL RECEIVED CARRIER WAVES TO THEREBY OBTAIN A SIGNAL CONTAINING SAID INTELLIGENCE, TRANSMITTING FROM SAID BODY IN SPACE ANOTHER CARRIER FREQUENCY WAVE MODULATED ACCORDING TO SAID INTELLIGENCE SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM THE STRONGEST CARRIER, AND RECEIVING AND DEMODULATING AT THE OTHER OF SAID STATIONS THE MODULATED SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM SAID BODY IN SPACE.

Claim 3

A SYSTEM FROM COMMUNICATING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTELLIGENCE SIGNALS BETWEEN BODIES IN SPACE, SAID SIGNALS WHILE BEING RADIATED BETWEEN SAID BODIES BEING SUBJECT TO SPACE PROPAGATION PHENOMENA INCLUDING SPIN FADING, AMPLITUDE SCINTILLATION, FREQUENCY SCINTILLATION, POLARIZATION FADING, SIGNAL REFLECTION, SIGNAL DUCTING, AND SIGNAL BLACK-OUT, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING, MEANS ON SAID ONE BODY INCLUDING A FIRST DIRECTIVE ANTENNA MEANS TRANSMITTING A FIRST SIGNAL IN A HIGHLY DIRECTIVE BEAM TOWARD THE OTHER SAID BODY IN SPACE, AND SIGNAL DIRECTION FINDING MEANS ON SAID ONE BODY RESPONSIVE TO A SIGNAL TRANSMITTED FROM SAID OTHER BODY WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SAID SPACE PROPAGATION PHENOMENA SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS SAID FIRST SIGNAL FOR CONTINUOUSLY CONTROLLING THE DIRECTION OF TRANSMISSION OF SAID DIRECTIVE ANTENNA MEANS IN BOTH AZIMUTH AND ELEVATION TO MAXIMIZE THE INTENSITY OF SIGNAL RECEPTION AT SAID OTHER BODY, SAID DIRECTION FINDING MEANS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE ANTENNA MEANS HAVING A SINGLE AXIS OF DIRECTIVITY AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO COINCIDENCE OF SAID AXIS WITH THE DIRECTION OF SIGNAL RECEPTION FROM SAID OTHER BODY FOR CONTROLLING SAID DIRECTIVITY OF TRANSMISSION.