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Rotatable and scannable reconfigurable shaped reflector with a movable feed system

US6266024A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1998
Grant dateJul 24, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q19/192
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna system having a rotatable and scannable reconfigurable shaped reflector with a movable feed system. The antenna system allows beam shapes to be rotated about an optimum axis and defocused while a spacecraft is in orbit in order to change a particular coverage pattern for the spacecraft.

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