European Large Deployable Antenna (12 meter): Development Status and Applications

Author

Mini, F. ; Scialino, G.L. ; Lubrano, V. ; Conforto, P. ; Pellegrino, Paul ; Caswell, D. ; Prowald, J.S. ; van´t Klooster, K. ; Cherniavsky, A. ; Korneev, V. ; Vorobey, I. ; Fedoseev, A.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alenia Space Italia S.p A., Rome

fYear

2007

fDate

3-10 March 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

14

Abstract

This paper presents the development and the ultimate results of the qualification activities of the 12 m unfurlable reflector assembly of the large deployable antenna (LDA), jointly developed by the Prime Contractor: g on a European technology. The paper also dedicates a section to a flight experiment (FE), which is a follow on activity of the LDA qualification, for the in orbit verification of the LDA performance. The final section of the paper provides an overview of the LDA possible applications at system level.

Keywords

reflector antennas; space vehicle antennas; European technology; flight experiment; large deployable antenna; orbit verification; prime contractor; size 12 m; unfurlable reflector assembly; Aperture antennas; Assembly; Contracts; Fasteners; Linear discriminant analysis; Paper technology; Qualifications; Radio frequency; Reflector antennas; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0524-6

Electronic_ISBN

1095-323X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2007.352860

Filename

4161356