Appeal No. 2005-2541 Page 4
Application No. 08/949,988
Westerlund is directed to a method of re-orienting the spin-axis (not the trajectory
or path) of a satellite to compensate for excursions from the predetermined orbit, which
excursions result from various phenomena, so that the beam from the antenna of the
satellite will hit its intended target 66 on earth despite the excursion. While Westerlund
may have provided one of ordinary skill in the art with ample motivation to re-orient the
satellites of Draim’s continuous global coverage constellation to compensate for such
excursions, neither Westerlund nor Draim, alone or in combination, teaches or suggests
tilting either each of the satellites or their trajectories to obtain a second coverage so as
to maximize coverage at a particular geographic location during predetermined local
peak times.
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