Title :
The omnidirectional coverage of low-profile TTC antennas onboard minispacecraft
Author :
Kabacik, Pawel ; Kulig, Marcin ; Gorski, Przemyslaw ; Jagoda, Marcin
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Telecommun. & Acoust., Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Poland
Abstract :
The optimization of antenna placement onboard minisatellites is key in shaping the coverage pattern of TTC (telemetry, teleranging and telecommand) links. A careful selection of phasing between two or more TTC antennas is needed to mitigate the occurrence of nulls and to maintain the directions of the majority of the radio wave propagation towards the Earth-facing side. In the case of a small spacecraft, the MoM offers acceptable computing time and accuracy.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; method of moments; optimisation; satellite antennas; MoM; antenna placement optimization; coverage pattern; low-profile antennas; minisatellites; minispacecraft; omnidirectional coverage; radiation pattern; Acoustical engineering; Acoustics; Aerospace engineering; Antenna feeds; Helical antennas; Patch antennas; Power dividers; Ray tracing; Relays; Space vehicles;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2005 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8883-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2005.1551980
