Inflatably deployed membrane waveguide array antenna for space

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2262-2268

  Lichodziejewski, David ^a   Cravey, Robin ^a   Hopkins, Glenn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES; PERFORMANCE; SPACE APPLICATIONS; THIN FILMS; WAVEGUIDES;

EARTH RESOURCE MAPPING; MEMBRANE WAVEGUIDE ARRAY; SPACE-BASED RADAR COMMUNICATIONS;

SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0041510393     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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