The paper describes a highly shaped beam telemetry antenna developed for the ERS-1 satellite payload. The antenna comprises a symmetric reflector of shaped profile and a circularly polarised dual-mode feed horn excited by a crossed dipole. Measured radiation patterns are shown for the antenna in free space and in the presence of the satellite back structure
Published in:
Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, IEE Proceedings H
(Volume:134
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Issue:
1
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Date of Publication: February 1987