• DocumentCode
    1996325
  • Title

    Radiation Characteristics of a SAR Antenna Panel of ERS-1 Determined from Planar Near-Field Measurements

  • Author

    Van´t Klooster, K.

  • Author_Institution
    ESA/ESTEC, P.O.Box 299, Noordwijk, Holland.
  • fYear
    1987
  • fDate
    7-11 Sept. 1987
  • Firstpage
    503
  • Lastpage
    508
  • Abstract
    Planar near-field measurements were carried out on a single panel of the engineering model (EM) of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) antenna of the European Remote Sensing satellite ERS-1. The radiation behaviour was determined before and after exposure of the panel to a number of thermal cycles in vacuum. Transformation of measured near-field data back to the aperture plane has been exploited for antenna diagnostics to study anomalies found in the aperture distribution.
  • Keywords
    Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Extraterrestrial measurements; Feeds; Manufacturing; Near-field radiation pattern; Planar waveguides; Probes; Synthetic aperture radar; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1987. 17th European
  • Conference_Location
    Rome, Italy
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1987.333785
  • Filename
    4132392
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1996325