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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 accuracy on ground as the working temperature…
An accurate and efficient numerical model is developed to simulate the far field of an antenna under test (AUT) measured in a Compact Antenna Test Range (CATR), on the basis of the known quiet zone field and the theoretical aperture…
Instruments for Earth observation working from WBand up to mm-wave frequencies mainly use quasi-optical feed systems (QOF) to illuminate the corresponding reflector antennas. The final design of the QOF for the Cloud Profiling Radar System (CPR) for the EarthCARE satellite…
This paper summarises the work done over the last few years on the prediction of the RF performance of the Planck telescope, which was done initially to support the design phase, and later to assess compliance to specifications and to…
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 positions and orientations of the reflectors have been determined….
