Thales Alenia Space France antennas: recent achievements for telecommunications

Thales Alenia Space France will present a description and the main performances of recently developed and delivered antenna products in the frame of GEO telecommunication programs and LEO constellations. The main topics of interest are: (1) Synthesis of Thales Alenia Space telecommunication antennas deliveries in 2010, (2) GLOBALSTAR2 antenna sub-system achievements (recent delivery of 25 Antenna S/S in both L and S bands). The paper will emphasize on the main activities led to reach this industrial success, (3) Ku/Ka-band multi-frequency multi-feed missions with a focus on high performance compact designs and on achievements on telecommunication programs, (4) Successful qualification of reflector incorporating high performances deployment arm. This concept is devoted to integrated antenna solution for telecommunication export payloads programs, (5) Ka antenna technology development supported by ESA.