Inflatable space antennas-a brief overview

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 453-459

  Cassapakis, Constantine G ^a   Love, Allan W ^a   Palisoc, Arthur ^a  

^a L'GARDE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; REFLECTION; INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT;

BEAM PATTERN; CURRENT STATUS; INFLATABLE ANTENNA; REFLECTOR DESIGN; REFLECTOR TECHNOLOGY; SPACE ANTENNA; SPACE COMMUNITY; SURFACE ACCURACY;

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

INFLATABLE SPACE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0031640986     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.1998.685855     Document Type: Conference Paper

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