Add to ORKGThere is a need for completely deployable large antenna reflectors capable of efficiently handling millimeter-wave electromagnetic radiation. The structural concepts and technologies that are appropriate to fully automated deployment of dish-type antennas with solid reflector surfaces were studied. First, the structural requirements are discussed. Then, existing concepts for fully deployable antennas are described and assessed relative to the requirements. Finally, several analyses are presented that evaluate the effects of beam steering and segmented reflector design on the accuracy of the antenna
An approach used to compute the size of a special radiometric reflector antenna is presented. Operat...
The application of large antennas in spacecraft is often limited by available volume, as well as by ...
Methods for increasing the electromagnetic (EM) performance of reflectors with rough surfaces were t...
Future space missions such as the Earth Science Geostationary Platform (ESGP) will require highly ac...
The first phase in the development of a solid surface, deployable, antenna reflector is outlined and...
The program was initiated to investigate the availability of critical large deployable antenna techn...
The 5-meter technology antenna program demonstrated the overall feasibility of integrating a mesh re...
Specifications, system configurations, and concept tests for surface measurement sensors for deploya...
A type of antenna reflector was studied in which a stiff structure is constructed to hold a membrane...
A concept for approximating curved antenna surfaces using flat facets is discussed. A preliminary de...
Preliminary assessments by both government and industry indicate that applications exist in the area...
The preliminary design of a 15 meter diameter mechanically scanned, offset rotating, fed parabolic r...
With vast changes in spacecraft developments over its short history, a new and cheaper method was ne...
Communications satellites are using increasingly higher frequencies that require increasingly precis...
Three classes of antennas (reflectors, lenses, and arrays) are studied with a view toward their use ...
An approach used to compute the size of a special radiometric reflector antenna is presented. Operat...
The application of large antennas in spacecraft is often limited by available volume, as well as by ...
Methods for increasing the electromagnetic (EM) performance of reflectors with rough surfaces were t...
Future space missions such as the Earth Science Geostationary Platform (ESGP) will require highly ac...
The first phase in the development of a solid surface, deployable, antenna reflector is outlined and...
The program was initiated to investigate the availability of critical large deployable antenna techn...
The 5-meter technology antenna program demonstrated the overall feasibility of integrating a mesh re...
Specifications, system configurations, and concept tests for surface measurement sensors for deploya...
A type of antenna reflector was studied in which a stiff structure is constructed to hold a membrane...
A concept for approximating curved antenna surfaces using flat facets is discussed. A preliminary de...
Preliminary assessments by both government and industry indicate that applications exist in the area...
The preliminary design of a 15 meter diameter mechanically scanned, offset rotating, fed parabolic r...
With vast changes in spacecraft developments over its short history, a new and cheaper method was ne...
Communications satellites are using increasingly higher frequencies that require increasingly precis...
Three classes of antennas (reflectors, lenses, and arrays) are studied with a view toward their use ...
An approach used to compute the size of a special radiometric reflector antenna is presented. Operat...
The application of large antennas in spacecraft is often limited by available volume, as well as by ...
Methods for increasing the electromagnetic (EM) performance of reflectors with rough surfaces were t...