Lightweight composite spacecraft antennas
Abstract
Thermally stable composite antenna structures have been designed, analyzed, fabricated, and qualified for communication satellites. A typical antenna reflector consists of a 60 inch diameter circular segment taken from the outer segment of a 120 inch parabolic reflector whose focal length is 30 inches (f/D ratio = 0.25).
- Publication:
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SAMPE Journal
- Pub Date:
- October 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977SAMPJ..13...14H
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Communication Satellites;
- Composite Structures;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Spacecraft Construction Materials;
- Fabrication;
- Reflectors;
- Ribs (Supports);
- Weight Reduction;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking