DocumentCode
2784282
Title
A thermally opaque, millimeter-wave radome for space
Author
Powell, Marcia S. ; Murphy, Edward B.
Author_Institution
MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Volume
24
fYear
1986
fDate
31564
Firstpage
927
Lastpage
930
Abstract
A thermally opaque radome, suitable for space applications is described. Because of the low-loss character of the materials from which it is constructed, it can be fabricated with little regard for the effects of tolerances. The insertion loss was measured between 18 and 50 GHz and found to be less than 0.25 dB. Theoretical calculations predict that the radome should also remain quite usable at frequencies well outside this band.
Keywords
Assembly; Fabrication; Insertion loss; Laboratories; Radio frequency; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Sheet materials; Thermal force; Transmission line matrix methods;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1986
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.1986.1149604
Filename
1149604
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