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Ka-band feed arrays for spacecraft reflector antennas with limited scan capability: An overview

Jamnejad, 1992

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Jamnejad V
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The Telecommunications and Data Acquisition Report 42-109: January-March 1992

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JPL and NASA are in the process of developing ground and spacecraft antenna systems at Ka-band frequencies for future deep space applications. The use of Ka-band (32-GHz down) communication will result in smaller ground and spacecraft antennas and associated …
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