Performance of antennas in plasma
Abstract
The Waves in Space Plasmas (WISP) facility is expected to be flown on the Space Shuttle in 1987. The payload will include Spacelab, a 300 m tip-to-tip dipole antenna for wave launching and reception, and a small subsatellite for remote signal reception and plasma diagnostics. The objectives are to study wave injection and propagation in the ionospheric plasma, and to use these phenomena to probe the structure and morphology of the ionosphere. To achieve these objectives, it is essential to understand how much the properties of a long dipole antenna are affected by the surrounding anisotropic plasma medium. The WISP project with emphasis on antenna-related aspected is summarized, and the state of the art on the subject of antennas in plasmas is reviewed.
- Publication:
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In AGARD The Performance of Antennas in their Operational Environ. 19 p (SEE N84-12367 03-32
- Pub Date:
- September 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983paoe.agarR....B
- Keywords:
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- Dipole Antennas;
- Plasma Diagnostics;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Wave Propagation;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- F Region;
- Numerical Analysis;
- Technology Assessment;
- Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances;
- Wave Scattering;
- Communications and Radar