The satellite: `an ideal test range for accurate Earth station antenna measurements´

EUTELSAT, the European Telecommunication Satellite Organization, whose mission is to provide and operate telecommunication satellites currently has four satellites in orbit. There exists a wide range of techniques for antenna measurements for satellite telecommunications, but the author first very briefly demonstrates the domain of antenna measurements by converging the experimental capabilities of a satellite to that of a remote calibrated tool for verifying critical radio frequency tests by comparing with nonsatellite based methodology. The author then details special measurement techniques inherent in the calibration of an antenna to be used for an in-orbit test Earth station for the EUTELSAT II generation of satellites