Scattering properties of satellite-borne solar cell panels
Abstract
Scattering properties in the microwave range of solar cell panels to be used on satellites are experimentally tested both in waveguide and in free space. A grating effect, which affects freespace measurements, is discussed. The results of the study are important in the high-frequency radiation-pattern prediction for satellite antennas.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- July 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAP.1979.1142125
- Bibcode:
- 1979ITAP...27..496C
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Solar Cells;
- Spacecraft Power Supplies;
- Communication Satellites;
- Panels;
- Performance Prediction;
- Solar Arrays;
- Waveguides;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking