Thomson, 1999 - Google Patents
The AstroMesh deployable reflectorThomson, 1999
- Document ID
- 12723741084725536493
- Author
- Thomson M
- Publication year
- Publication venue
- IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium. 1999 Digest. Held in conjunction with: USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting (Cat. No. 99CH37010)
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The AstroMesh is a mesh reflector for large aperture space antenna systems. It embodies a new concept for deployable space structures: a pair of ring-stiffened, geodesic truss domes, in which the ring is a truss deployed by a single cable. Compared to other mesh reflectors …
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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- H01Q15/00—Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction, or polarisation of waves radiated from an aerial, e.g. quasi-optical devices
- H01Q15/14—Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures
- H01Q15/16—Curved in two dimensions, e.g. paraboloidal
- H01Q15/161—Collapsible reflectors
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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- H01Q15/00—Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction, or polarisation of waves radiated from an aerial, e.g. quasi-optical devices
- H01Q15/14—Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures
- H01Q15/141—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing reflecting surfaces
- H01Q15/142—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface
- H01Q15/144—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface with a honeycomb, cellular or foamed sandwich structure
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- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials
- H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
- H01Q1/28—Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons
- H01Q1/288—Satellite antennas
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- H01Q15/0006—Devices acting selectively as reflecting surface, as diffracting or as refracting device, e.g. frequency filtering or angular spatial filtering devices
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- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials
- H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
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- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, aerials
- H01Q1/08—Means for collapsing aerials or parts thereof; Collapsible aerials
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