• DocumentCode
    2356785
  • Title

    European Large Deployable Antenna: Development status and applications

  • Author

    Mini, F. ; Scialino, G.L. ; Milano, M. ; Lubrano, V. ; Conforto, P. ; Pellegrino, P. ; Caswell, D. ; Santiago Prowald, J. ; Van´t Klooster, K. ; Cherniavsky, A. ; Korneev, V. ; Vorobey, I. ; Fedoseev, A.

  • Author_Institution
    ALCATEL ALENIA SPACE ITALIA S.p.A.- Via Saccomuro, 24 - 00131 Rome - ITALY
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    6-10 Nov. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    8
  • Abstract
    This paper presents the development and the ultimate results of the qualification activities of the 12m unfurlable Reflector Assembly of the Large Deployable Antenna (LDA), jointly developed by the Prime Contractor: Alcatel Alenia Space Italia and several Partners, under an ESA contract. The qualification campaign will be finalized within September 2006, opening near term opportunities for space applications relying on a European technology.
  • Keywords
    Aperture antennas; Assembly systems; Contracts; Fasteners; Linear discriminant analysis; Qualifications; Radio frequency; Reflector antennas; Space technology; Space vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation, 2006. EuCAP 2006. First European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Nice
  • Print_ISBN
    978-92-9092-937-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUCAP.2006.4584627
  • Filename
    4584627