Direction finding and antenna calibration through analytical inversion of radio measurements performed using a system of two or three electric dipole antennas on a three-axis stabilized spacecraft

Radio Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Cecconi, B ^a   Zarka, P ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVERSE PROBLEMS; PLASMA WAVES; RADIO DIRECTION FINDING SYSTEMS; RADIO WAVES; SPACECRAFT; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

BEAMING PATTERN; DIRECTION-FINDING (DF); ELECTRIC DIPOLE ANTENNAS; RADIO MEASUREMENTS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 23844489471     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004RS003070     Document Type: Article

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