Key technologies for high-accuracy large mesh antenna reflectors

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 899-908

  Meguro, Akira ^a   Harada, Satoshi ^a   Watanabe, Mitsunobu ^a  

^a NTT Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ERRORS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ANTENNA REFLECTORS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0037716290     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00211-4     Document Type: Article

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