Astromesh™ deployable reflectors for Ku-and Ka-band commercial satellites

20th AIAA International Communication Satellite Systems Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Thomson, Mark W ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANDOM ERRORS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

COMMERCIAL SATELLITES; DEPLOYABLE REFLECTORS; GRATING LOBES; KA BAND; POINT DESIGN; RANDOM SOURCES; SURFACE ERROR; TOTAL LOSS;

REFLECTION;

EID: 34147182691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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