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Design and Analysis of Deployable Parabolic Truss-Mesh Reflector Antenna

Wei Juanfang Guan Fuling (Znejiang University,Hangzhou 310027) Zhou Liping Wang Yong Liu Tianlin (Xi′an Institute of Space Radio Technology,Xi′an 710000)   

  • Published:2002-10-25

Abstract: A deployable parabolic reflector of truss mesh antenna i s described.The antenna has the characters of high deployed/stowed ratio,small a rea mass density and broadband frequency.It can be used for Synthetic Aperture R ader(SAR)antenna of small satellite and other S or L band antenna such as mobile satellite antenna.Deployable dimension of the parabolic reflector is 6m×2 8m. The frequency is S band with bandwidth greater than 100MHz.The antenna configura tions and structure design of the key parts are introduced,and the shape error a ssigning,thermal distortion and stiffness is analyzed.The test results of labora tory model show the structure design is practicable and feasible.