Title : 
Technical memorandum: Highly Shaped Beam Telemetry Antenna For The ERS-1 Satellite
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Spar Aerospace Limited, Antenna Engineering, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Canada
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
2/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The paper describes a highly shaped beam telemetry antenna developed for the ERS-1 satellite payload. The antenna comprises a symmetric reflector of shaped profile and a circularly polarised dual-mode feed horn excited by a crossed dipole. Measured radiation patterns are shown for the antenna in free space and in the presence of the satellite back structure
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna radiation patterns; microwave antennas; reflector antennas; satellite relay systems; telemetering equipment; ERS-1 satellite; X-band antenna; antenna radiation patterns; circularly polarised dual-mode feed horn; crossed dipole; free space; reflector antennas; satellite back structure; spared beam telemetry antenna; symmetric reflector;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings H
         
        
        
            Conference_Location : 
2/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/ip-h-2.1987.0022