Title :
Steerable space fed lens array for low-cost adaptive ground station applications
Author :
Lee, Richard Q. ; Popovic, Zoya ; Rondineau, Sébastien ; Miranda, Félix A.
Author_Institution :
NASA Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland
Abstract :
A 952-element SFLA has been developed, and its feasibility for ground station applications has been demonstrated through establishing a link with a low Earth orbiting communication satellite. The success of this work could have potential impact on future ground network designs based on using multiple smaller low-cost SFLA to replace large conventional reflectors of 10-11 meter in size.
Keywords :
ground support systems; lenses; satellite communication; adaptive ground station; ground network; low Earth orbiting communication satellite; low-cost ground station; steerable space fed lens array; Adaptive arrays; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Costs; Lenses; Low earth orbit satellites; Phased arrays; Receiving antennas; Satellite ground stations; Space stations;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0877-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0878-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2007.4395949
