The Multiple Spot Beam Antenna Project "Medusa"
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Schneider, Michael; Hartwanger, Christian; Sommer, Ernst; Wolf, Helmut (Astrium GmbH, 81663 Munich, Germany)
Abstract:
This paper describes the design of a multiple spot beam satellite antenna with overlapping beams in Ka-band. It has been designed in the frame of the DLR granted R&D program “Medusa”. We discuss the principle of a multiple feeds per beam (MFB) antenna in comparison to a classical single feed per beam (SFB) antenna. Results for the optimisation of antenna and feed network are given.