Feasibility study on electronically steerable PDHT antenna S/S

Author

Mizzoni, R. ; Perrini, F.

Author_Institution

Thales Alenia Space-Italia S.p.A., Rome, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

11-15 April 2011

Firstpage

1157

Lastpage

1161

Abstract

This paper describes an original antenna solution for downloading data on ground at X or Ka band from Low Earth Orbit satellites (LEO´s) at medium/high Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP). The antenna consists of a small electronically steerable planar array magnified by a rotationally symmetric single or dual reflector optics. It can provide a 1D or 2D electronically steerable beam, with costant EIRP on earth, as requested to typical LEO´s orbiting at 400-1000 Km attitude. The antenna is characterized by a limited number of radiating elements (typically 8 to 40) allowing to reduce payload cost and complexity.

Keywords

artificial satellites; beam steering; microwave antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; Ka band; X band; dual reflector optics; effective isotropic radiated power; electronically steerable PDHT antenna; electronically steerable planar array; low earth orbit satellite; original antenna solution; payload handling and transmission; radiating elements; single reflector optics; Antenna arrays; Antenna radiation patterns; Gain; Geometry; Reflector antennas; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0250-1

Type

conf

Filename

5781706