Title :
Design and final testing of P-band ground station antenna for Galileo in-orbit test system
Author :
Foged, L.J. ; Blin, T. ; Duchesne, L. ; Paiusco, L. ; Ciollaro, M. ; Wang, J. ; Davies, O. ; Baranski, A. ; Grunert, U.
Author_Institution :
SATIMO, Pomezia, Italy
Abstract :
An elegant P-band ground station antenna for Galileosat application has been designed, manufactured, and has undergone acceptance testing as reported in. This paper summarizes the initial antenna design considerations, acceptance testing results and reports on the preliminary results of the in-orbit tests performed using this antenna and the MSG-2 satellite, which has onboard a SAR transponder.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; satellite antennas; satellite navigation; synthetic aperture radar; transponders; Galileo in-orbit test system; Galileosat application; MSG-2 satellite; P-band ground station antenna; SAR transponder; acceptance testing; antenna design; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Extraterrestrial measurements; Satellite antennas; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0250-1
