• DocumentCode
    957447
  • Title

    Self-Erecting Space Antennas

  • Author

    Croswell, W.F. ; Gilreath, M.C. ; Vaughan, V.L., Jr.

  • Author_Institution
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Langley Research Center, Langley Air Force Base, Va.
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1962
  • fDate
    6/1/1962 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    139
  • Lastpage
    142
  • Abstract
    A self-erecting technique for erectable space-vehicle antennas is proposed. Working models of Yagi disk antennas utilizing this new principle are described.
  • Keywords
    Antenna arrays; Assembly; Construction; Control systems; Data communication; Electronics packaging; Internal stresses; Radio frequency; Space vehicles; Yagi-Uda antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Space Electronics and Telemetry, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-252X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRET-SET.1962.5008821
  • Filename
    5008821