Enabling antenna systems for extreme deep-space mission applications

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1976-1985

  Schulze, Ron ^a   Wallis, Robert E ^a   Stilwell, Robert K ^a   Cheng, Weilun ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas; Aperture antennas; Arrays; Deployable antennas; Phased arrays; Satellite antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; NASA; OPERATING COSTS; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SLOT ANTENNAS; SPACE PROBES;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; APERTURE ANTENNAS; ARRAYS; DEEP SPACE MISSION APPLICATIONS; DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA; JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITIES; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 64149085266     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2007.905068     Document Type: Article

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