The IRIDIUM® main mission antenna concept

IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 3-12

  Schuss, J J ^a   Upton, J ^a   Myers, B ^a   Sikina, T ^a   Rohwer, A ^a   Makridakas, P ^a   Francois, R ^a   Wardle, L ^a   Kreutel, W ^b   Smith, R ^b  

^a RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ENERGY CONSERVATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE LINKS;

BEAMFORMING ARCHITECTURE; IRIDIUM SATELLITE; PATCH RADIATORS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 0031337006     PISSN: 08858985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/62.641860     Document Type: Article

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