• DocumentCode
    929382
  • Title

    Effect of conductive thermal-control paint on spacecraft-antenna performance

  • Author

    Keen, K.M.

  • Author_Institution
    European Space Technology Centre, Noordwijk, Netherlands
  • Volume
    11
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    1975
  • Firstpage
    412
  • Lastpage
    413
  • Abstract
    The effect of applying a conductive thermal-control paint to the surface of a reflector antenna has been investigated at X band frequencies using a swept-frequency technique. With a particular space-qualified paint, a maximum boresight gain loss of 0.1 dB was recorded.
  • Keywords
    microwave antennas; mobile antennas; reflector antennas; X-band frequencies; boresight gain loss; conductive thermal control point; reflector antenna; spacecraft antenna performance; swept frequency technique;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19750317
  • Filename
    4236841