An Inexpensive S-Band Angle Pointing Technique for Steering a Narrow Beam Ku-Band Antenna
Affiliation
Goddard Space Flight CenterMotorola, Inc.
Honeywell-Speery Space Systems
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
Issue Date
1987-10Metadata
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Proceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection.Abstract
A recently tested antenna pointing control system for gimbaled antennas has been developed. A modified TDRSS user transponder produces pointing error signals from the S-band forward link which in turn drive the Steering Control Electronics (SCE) to precision steer a S-/Ku-band Data and S-band Tracking (KDST) planar array. A successful test of the pointing and data handling capabilities is described and plans for further tests, incorporating additional refinements, are presented.Sponsors
International Foundation for TelemeteringISSN
0884-51230074-9079