Alignment verification of the PLANCK reflector configuration by RCS measurements at 320 GHz

Proceedings of the 38th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 765-768

  Paquay, Maurice ^a   Marti Canales, Javier ^a   Rolo, Luis ^a   Forma, Gilbert ^b   Dubruel, Denis ^b   Wylde, Richard ^c   Maffei, Bruno ^d   Doyle, Dominic ^a   Crone, Gerald ^a   Tauber, Jan ^a   Hills, Richard ^e  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

^c THOMAS KEATING LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; COSMOLOGY; LOCATION; MICROWAVES; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; TESTING;

AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; COSMIC MICROWAVE BACKGROUNDS; CRITICAL PATHS; CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURES; FEED HORNS; FEED LOCATIONS; FLIGHT MODELS; FOCAL POINTS; HIGH ISOLATIONS; HIGH SENSITIVITIES; LOW PROPAGATION LOSS; NARROW BEAMS; PLANCK TELESCOPES; QUALIFICATION MODELS; QUASI-OPTICAL; RADIOMETRIC SIGNALS; RETURN CHANNELS; SWITCHING DIODES; TEST CAMPAIGNS; VERIFICATION TESTS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 62349127772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2008.4751565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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