Kriging fitting, originally developed for geological exploitation, is here applied for fitting an expected pattern to noisy, irregular in-flight measurements of a satellite antenna...

Kriging fitting, originally developed for geological exploitation, is here applied for fitting an expected pattern to noisy, irregular in-flight measurements of a satellite antenna...
In-flight measurements of satellite antenna patterns are often given in a highly irregular grid and the data may be influenced by severe noise such that an accurate pat-tern determination is...
The in-flight pattern measurements of a sub-millimetre space telescope may be improved by determining the actual reflector anomalies and then include the knowledge to these in the final pattern de...
It is important to know the antenna patterns for the Planck Space Telescope with high accuracy for detectors operating at frequencies from 30 to 857 GHz. This could not be achieved with sufficient...
ESA’s Compact Antenna Test Range at ESTEC has been relocated which has given the chance to improve the alignment of the reflectors. Based on measurements of the reflector surfaces the best-fit...
A compact antenna test range has been analysed for stray signals. The analysis is based on GTD ray tracing, i.e. obeying the reflection law in the chamber walls and assuming straight edges of...
Serrations are often applied at the edges of compact range reflectors in order to reduce the scattering from the edges into the quiet zone. At low frequencies the serrations show different...
The present paper describes the determination of the scattering from the LICEF antenna elements on the SMOS satellite taking into account that the solar panels rotate during the flight of the...
The radiation patterns of satellite antennas may be highly influenced by scattering in the satellite, its payload and its solar array. By ray tracing techniques (GO/GTD) and applying orbit...
The radiation patterns of satellite antennas may be highly influenced by scattering in the satellite, its payload and its solar array. By ray tracing techniques and ap-plying orbit data it is...