GB1106824A - Antenna system, such as for use on space craft and the like - Google Patents

Antenna system, such as for use on space craft and the like

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Publication number
GB1106824A
GB1106824A GB48257/65A GB4825765A GB1106824A GB 1106824 A GB1106824 A GB 1106824A GB 48257/65 A GB48257/65 A GB 48257/65A GB 4825765 A GB4825765 A GB 4825765A GB 1106824 A GB1106824 A GB 1106824A
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aerial
satellite
dipoles
unipole
nov
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GB48257/65A
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Compagnie Francaise Thomson Houston SA
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Compagnie Francaise Thomson Houston SA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/30—Resonant antennas with feed to end of elongated active element, e.g. unipole
    • H01Q9/32—Vertical arrangement of element
    • H01Q9/38—Vertical arrangement of element with counterpoise
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B64—AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; COSMONAUTICS
    • B64G—COSMONAUTICS; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR
    • B64G1/00—Cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/22—Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
    • B64G1/66—Arrangements or adaptations of apparatus or instruments, not otherwise provided for
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
    • H01Q1/28—Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons
    • H01Q1/288—Satellite antennas

Abstract

1,106,824. Aerials. COMPAGNIE FRANCAISE THOMSON HOUSTON-HOTCHKISS BRANDT. 12 Nov., 1965 [13 Nov., 1964], No. 48257/65. Heading H4A. An aerial system comprises two adjacent independently fed active elements having different radiation pattern characteristics, one of said active elements acting as a ground plane for the other. As described, a unipole aerial 14, Fig. 2, projects axially from a tubular support 12 mounted on an end face 6 of a drum-shaped artificial satellite 2, and two crossed dipoles 18, 18<SP>1</SP> extend outwards from the base of the unipole 14, being connected to the support 12 at the centres of their upper limbs. An information transmit/receive apparatus 28, Fig. 4, is connected by a coaxial cable 26 to the aerial 14. The lower limbs of the crossed dipoles 18, 18<SP>1</SP> are centre fed by a command and telemetering transmit/receive apparatus 40 via coaxial cables 36, 36<SP>1</SP> and baluns 34, 34<SP>1</SP>. A quadrature phase shifter 35 is interposed in the cable 36<SP>1</SP> so that the crossed dipoles 18, 18<SP>1</SP> operate as a turnstile aerial, with an omni-directional radiation pattern characteristic. In use, the attitude of the satellite (2), Fig. 5, (not shown), is stabilized so that the aerial (14) points to the centre of the earth. The angle (#) between the bisector of the main lobe (on a cross-section) of the radiation from the aerial (14) and the vertical is dependent upon the angle (γ) made by each half of the folded dipoles (18), (18<SP>1</SP>) with the axis of the satellite.
GB48257/65A 1964-11-13 1965-11-12 Antenna system, such as for use on space craft and the like Expired GB1106824A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR994959A FR1427745A (en) 1964-11-13 1964-11-13 Antennas for space vehicles

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GB1106824A true GB1106824A (en) 1968-03-20

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US (1) US3426351A (en)
BE (1) BE671877A (en)
DE (1) DE1466052A1 (en)
FR (1) FR1427745A (en)
GB (1) GB1106824A (en)
NL (1) NL6514713A (en)

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US3521286A (en) * 1967-04-21 1970-07-21 Gen Dynamics Corp Orthogonal array antenna system
GB1223778A (en) * 1969-03-17 1971-03-03 Chu Associates Wide band antenna for satellite navigation and related problems
US3771162A (en) * 1971-05-14 1973-11-06 Andrew California Corp Omnidirectional antenna
GB2089578B (en) * 1980-03-03 1984-10-10 Pioneer Electronic Corp Complex antenna system
US5169094A (en) * 1990-02-26 1992-12-08 Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle Geostationary earth observation satellite incorporating liquid propellant apogee maneuver system and hollow antennas
US10745152B2 (en) * 2017-06-01 2020-08-18 Swarm Technologies, Inc. Attitude stabilization and orbital distribution for small satellites

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US2982959A (en) * 1960-06-27 1961-05-02 Dietrich V Hanneken Antenna for both horizontally and vertically polarized waves
US3172111A (en) * 1962-08-30 1965-03-02 Louis D Breetz Multi-polarized single element radiator
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Cited By (3)

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GB2512111A (en) * 2013-03-20 2014-09-24 British Broadcasting Corp Antenna arrangement
GB2512111B (en) * 2013-03-20 2017-02-15 British Broadcasting Corp Antenna arrangement for transmitting two or more polarisations of radio signal
US10153561B2 (en) 2013-03-20 2018-12-11 British Broadcasting Corporation Antenna arrangement

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FR1427745A (en) 1966-02-11
BE671877A (en) 1966-05-05
US3426351A (en) 1969-02-04
DE1466052A1 (en) 1969-11-27
NL6514713A (en) 1966-05-16

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