A HIGHLY ELLIPTICAL ORBIT FOR COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES - Patent 1512233

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EP 1 512 233 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	18.12.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	09.03.2005 Bulletin 2005/10

(21)	Application number: 02792458.8

(22)	Date of filing: 20.12.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04B 7/195

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/040662

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/061141 (24.07.2003 Gazette 2003/30)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

21.12.2001 US 341838 P

(71)	Applicant: GLOBAL RADIO S.A.
	L-5365 Munsbach (LU)

(72)	Inventors:
	KIDD, Alan,Global Radio S.A. L-5365 Munsbach (LU) HEINERSCHEID, Paul St. Paul, MN 55116-1000 (US)

(54)	A HIGHLY ELLIPTICAL ORBIT FOR COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES