Large deployable antenna for various space applications

Author

Klooste, K. Vant ; Scialino, L. ; Cherniavski, A. ; Medzmariashvili, E. ; Korneev, V. ; Kravchenko, Yu ; Gulyayev, V. ; Magjanov, R. ; Santiago-Prowald, Julian ; Scolamiero, L. ; Lubrano, V. ; Silvestrucci, F. ; Fei, E. ; Raboso, D.

Author_Institution

ESA Estec, Noordwijk, Netherlands

fYear

2005

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

73

Abstract

The paper describes how an activity is going on for a design, development and realisation of a large 12-meter deployable reflector antenna for space applications. The reflector antenna system is subject of an ESA contract awarded to Alenia Spazio as a prime contractor. The Russian company NPO EGS is responsible as sub-contractor for an important element, which is the deployable reflector. Alenia has provided, together with ESA, instrumentation and testing expertises for assessment of passive intermodulation properties of the realised reflector, which is currently being prepared for environmental testing. Background knowledge was fed into the program from the Georgian antenna design, comparable to the one, which did fly on MIR station.

Keywords

intermodulation; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; 12 m; Georgian antenna design; environmental testing; large deployable reflector antenna; passive intermodulation properties; reflector antenna system; space applications; Blades; Ground support; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Reflectivity; Reflector antennas; Ribs; Satellite broadcasting; Testing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antenna Theory and Techniques, 2005. 5th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9261-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICATT.2005.1496886

Filename

1496886