Antennas of vehicles landing on a planet surface

Author

Belostotskaya, K.K.

Author_Institution

Special Res. Bur., Moscow Power Eng. Inst., Russia

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

251

Abstract

The antenna systems designed under the international projects “Mars-96” and “Phobos” are described. In flight, the antenna system of a small station landing on Mars is packed under protective petals of the station and is opened on the surface with the help of flexible legs. The original scheme of excitation in the form of compact strip-geometry is described. The antenna system of the mobile vehicle landing on Phobos provides an omnidirectional pattern on the basis of the combination of antenna methods with methods of processing the received signal. The high efficiency of the antenna results from its construction in the form of an active antenna

Keywords

Mars; active antennas; microstrip antennas; planetary rovers; planetary satellites; Mars-96; Phobos; active antenna; compact strip-geometry; flexible legs; mobile vehicle; omnidirectional pattern; planet surface; planetary landing vehicle antennas; protective petals; received signal processing; small station; Antenna accessories; Arm; Dipole antennas; Frequency; Leg; Mars; Mobile antennas; Planets; Receiving antennas; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications. 2000. MIKON-2000. 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wroclaw

Print_ISBN

83-906662-3-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2000.913918

Filename

913918