When Deployable Spacecraft Antennas Don’t

Cable, Vaughn

dc.contributor.author	Cable, Vaughn
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-21T00:16:33Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-21T00:16:33Z
dc.date.issued	2018-07-08
dc.identifier.citation	2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, July 8-13, 2018	en_US
dc.identifier.clearanceno	18-0285
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2014/47989
dc.description.abstract	The objective of this paper is to explore possibilities for continued use of certain deployable spacecraft antennas when full deployment fails. Four (4) deployables are used as examples, including 1) a reflectarray, 2) a parabolic reflector, 3) a loop, and 4) a set of 4 monopoles. The measure of “continued usability” in each case is relative antenna gain as a function of partial deployment. Note, types (and levels) of partial deployment presented here are strictly hypothetical. Also, discussions of actual deployment mechanisms are considered outside the scope of this paper.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	NASA/JPL	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Pasadena, CA: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018	en_US
dc.title	When Deployable Spacecraft Antennas Don’t	en_US
dc.type	Preprint	en_US