The development of inflatable array antennas.

The development of inflatable array antennas.

Inflatable array antennas are being developed to significantly reduce the mass, the launch vehicle stowage volume, and the cost of future spacecraft systems. Three inflatable array antennas, previously developed for spacecraft applications, are a 3.3 m×1.0 m L-band synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) arr...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:IEEE Antennas & propagation magazine. 43, 4 (2001).
Main Author: Huang, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Satellite antennas.
Antenna arrays.
Antenna mechanical factors.
Planar arrays.
Synthetic aperture radar.
Satellite communication.
Inflatable antennas.
Reflect array.