SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT FRACTIONATED SATELLITES (HTFS) FOR DIRECT CONNECTIVITY TO AND FROM END USER DEVICES AND TERMINALS USING FLIGHT FORMATIONS OF SMALL OR VERY SMALL SATELLITES

摘要

A high throughput fractionated satellite (HTFS) system and method where the functional capabilities of a conventional monolithic spacecraft are distributed across many small or very small satellites and a central command and relay satellite, the satellites are separated and flight in carefully design formations that allows the creation of very large aperture or apertures in space drastically reducing cost and weight and enabling high throughput capabilities by spatially reuse spectrum.