Design aspects of commercial satellite antennas
Abstract
General design considerations for commercial satellite antennas are reviewed, and design factors of shaped beam reflector antennas are described, including shaped beam efficiency, flat-topping and boundary matching, and analysis by Fourier transforms. Attention is then given to the design of the Telesat Anik 17/Westar/Palapa communications antenna, the Comstar I communications antenna, the SBS communications antenna, and Intelsat IV A communications antenna.
- Publication:
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Satellite Communication Antenna Technology
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983scat.book..211L
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Design;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Commercial Spacecraft;
- Communication Satellites;
- Satellite Antennas;
- Anik Satellites;
- Comstar Satellites;
- Domestic Satellite Communications Systems;
- Far Fields;
- Fourier Transformation;
- Intelsat Satellites;
- Palapa Satellites;
- Reflectors;
- Westar Satellites;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking