Millimeter-wave antenna design
Abstract
Problems and opportunities are discussed for adapting certain design features and construction techniques, developed for producing high accuracy ground based radio dishes, to producing milimeter wave dishes for space use. Specifically considered is a foldable telescope of 24 m aperture and 9.6 m focal length, composed of 37 rigid hexagonal panels, which will fit within the 4.5 m diameter x 18 m long payload limits of space shuttle. As here conceived, the telescope would be a free flyer with its own power and pointing systems. Some of the structural design features and construction procedures are considered.
- Publication:
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California Institute of Technology Report
- Pub Date:
- May 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977cait.rept.....L
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Millimeter Waves;
- Radio Antennas;
- Space Erectable Structures;
- Hexagonal Cells;
- Parabolic Reflectors;
- Space Shuttles;
- Structural Design;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering