Deployable antenna with 10-m maximum diameter for space use

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 2-11

  Takano, Tadashi ^a   Miura, Koryo ^a,b   Natori, Michihiro ^a   Hanayama, Eiji ^c   Inoue, Toshio ^d   Noguchi, Tatsuhiro ^d   Miyahara, Norio ^d   Nakaguro, Hiromasa ^d  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Large deployable antenna; Reflector antenna; Satellite antenna; Space use; Tensioned cable truss

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIO ASTRONOMY; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

LARGE DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA; SATELLITE ANTENNA; TENSIONED CABLE TRUSS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 1542375872     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.820968     Document Type: Article

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