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Title:
DEVELOPING PAYLOAD FOR COMMUNICATION SPACECRAFT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH11278399
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To eliminate a heat loss caused by a spacecraft by supplying an amplified RF signal to a multiplexer means, transmitting the RF signal by a passive transmission subarray antenna connected to the multiplexer, and radiating a heat loss from a reconstructable passive array antenna panel.

Payload panels 12, 14 constructed of a plurality of passive array transmission antennas control an antenna radiation pattern form electronically, use an array-antenna structure body, hold a traveling-wave-tube amplifier(TWTA) and a multiplexer, and execute a heat radiation function and an RF radiation function. In a standardizing panel, an active array receiving antenna 15 is used, and multiple reconstructable antenna patterns to the up-link are generated. In addition, a developed payload radiates all the heat generated inside. Therefore, payload electric power is increased without depending on the dimension of a bus. In this way, power conversion efficiency to the payload can be increased.


Inventors:
CHERRETTE ALAN R
Application Number:
JP7423398A
Publication Date:
October 12, 1999
Filing Date:
March 23, 1998
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
LORAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC
International Classes:
B64G1/50; B64G1/66; H01Q1/00; H01Q1/08; H01Q1/28; H01Q21/00; H01Q21/06; H01Q23/00; (IPC1-7): B64G1/50; B64G1/66; H01Q1/00; H01Q1/08; H01Q1/28; H01Q21/06; H01Q23/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Fujihiko Motohiko