Steerable High-Gain Dual-Reflector Antenna at X-Band for Solar Orbiter
| Autor: | Fernando Martin Jimenez, Víctor Martínez, J.L. Besada, Marco Mascarello, Jorge Vazquez Ingelmo, Belen Galocha Iraguen, Ignacio Melgar Bautista, Iker Gabiola Idoiagabeitia, José Manuel Fernández González, Inaki Pinto Baladron |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Physics
business.industry Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics X band 020206 networking & telecommunications 02 engineering and technology law.invention Orbiter law Range (aeronautics) Physics::Space Physics Thermal 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Orbit (dynamics) Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Radio frequency Electrical and Electronic Engineering Aerospace engineering Antenna (radio) business Heliosphere |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 68:5784-5795 |
| ISSN: | 1558-2221 0018-926X |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tap.2020.2980333 |
| Popis: | This article presents the design, optimization, analysis, and test of a dual-axis steerable X-band dual-reflector antenna for Solar Orbiter. The system is a part of the onboard antenna subsystem of the Solar Orbiter probe, a science mission from the European Space Agency (ESA) whose goal is to study the Sun and its heliosphere. From the engineering point of view, it is remarkably the extremely harsh orbit environmental conditions. The presented high-gain antenna must operate within a thermal range from −200 °C to 580 °C. To withstand such constraints, the design of the dual-reflector system is optimized considering the thermal distortions imposed by the environment, yielding the final design whose radio frequency (RF) performances are marginally impacted during the different orbit conditions and phases of the mission. An exhaustive verification campaign is also performed to test the antenna under nearly orbit environment. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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