• DocumentCode
    546201
  • 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
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    11-15 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    1982
  • Lastpage
    1985
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), Proceedings of the 5th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Rome
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0250-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5781953