DocumentCode
2406863
Title
Design of K-band inductive dichroic mirrors for upgrading ESA deep-space antenna DSA2
Author
Besso, Piermario ; Bozzi, Maurizio ; Formaggi, Marco ; Pasian, Marco ; Perregrini, Luca
Author_Institution
Eur. Space Agency, Darmstadt
fYear
2007
fDate
9-12 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
485
Lastpage
488
Abstract
This paper describes the design of inductive dichroic mirrors to be used in the beam-waveguide feed system of deep space antenna DSA2 of the European Space Agency. In particular, these dichroic mirrors are needed to upgrade the antenna for operation in K band, a broad band recently allocated to download scientific data from space probes. The design of the dichroic mirrors and the overall performance of the antenna are discussed in this paper.
Keywords
microwave antennas; microwave photonics; reflector antenna feeds; space research; ESA deep-space antenna DSA2; European Space Agency; K-band inductive dichroic mirrors; beam-waveguide feed system; deep space antenna; space probes; Antenna feeds; Downlink; Frequency selective surfaces; K-band; Microwave antennas; Mirrors; Physical optics; Probes; Propagation losses; Reflector antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference, 2007. European
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-2-87487-001-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/EUMC.2007.4405233
Filename
4405233
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