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Self-steering arrays for satellite applications

Kummer, 1966

Document ID
13123563750319370887
Author
Kummer W
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Progress in Astronautics and Rocketry

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To transmit higher data rates or, conversely, to use present bandwidths over longer distances, the effective radiated power (ERP) from satellites must be substantially increased. Present operational satellites have stationary antennas, which typically radiate energy in …
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