Antenna cluster for spacecraft high effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP)

Clauss, Robert C.; Lovick, Richard B.; Mysoor, Narayan R.; Zitzelberger, John

Antenna cluster for spacecraft high effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP)

Clauss, Robert C.; Lovick, Richard B.; Mysoor, Narayan R.; Zitzelberger, John

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2014/39470

Date: 2005-03-05

Keywords: antenna; cluster; spacecraft; power; Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP); beam - steering

Publisher: Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2005.

Citation: IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 05-12, 2005.

Abstract:

The results of a trade study comparing the single-antenna approach with the antenna-cluster approach are given, using a cluster of four antennas. The system architecture and the high-EIRP cluster concept are described. Advantages pf the cluster concept over a single antenna include electronic beam steering, reduced antenna mass, higher antenna efficiency, lower point density in the transmit system components, spatial power combing and graceful degradation.

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