Author :
Polegre, A. Martin ; Nielsen, P.H. ; Tauber, J. ; Doyle, D. ; Dubruel, D. ; Martin, P. ; Daddato, R. ; Cozzani, A. ; Kirschner, V. ; Peacocke, T. ; Norgaard-Nielsen, H.U. ; Maffei, B. ; Murphy, A. ; Sandri, M. ; Villa, F. ; Crone, G.
Author_Institution :
ESTEC, Eur. Space Agency, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Abstract :
This paper summarises the work done over the last few years on the prediction of the RF performance of the Planck telescope, which was done initially to support the design phase, and later to assess compliance to specifications and to infer the in-flight performance of the telescope once in its operational orbit.