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Experimental validation of an isoflux Earth coverage with a bimode ARMA antenna on a nanosatellite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 July 2019

E. Arnaud Open the ORCID record for E. Arnaud [Opens in a new window] ,
A. Siblini ,
A. Bellion  and
B. Jecko
E. Arnaud
Affiliation:
XLIM – CNRS, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France
A. Siblini
Affiliation:
Lebanese University, Doctoral School of Technology, Beyrouth, Lebanon
A. Bellion
Affiliation:
CNES, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401-Toulouse, France
B. Jecko
Affiliation:
XLIM – CNRS, 123 Avenue Albert Thomas, 87060 Limoges Cedex, France
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Abstract

Spatial telemetry links on nanosatellites require more and more reconfigurable beam antennas to improve the Earth coverage. The bi-mode Agile Radiating Matrix Antenna (8.0–8.4 GHz) was successfully designed to solve such kind of problems by using an isoflux mode associated with a switchable directive one. However, such an antenna introduces some manufacturing problems for the isoflux mode, mainly due to the small available volume on the nanosatellite platform. This paper describes a solution to this problem thanks to the ARMA concept. A comparison between theoretical and experimental results for the isoflux mode in circular polarization is presented to validate the results.

Keywords

Agile Radiating Matrix Antennacircular polarizationisoflux radiation patternnanosatellite application
Type
Research Papers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , February 2020 , pp. 66 - 74
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2019 

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