FlexRS Flexible Reflecting Surfaces
large-space-structures
Family of three flexible/deployable reflector surface material technologies for space antennas — Category I membranes, Category II knitted meshes, Category III self-supporting shells.
Technical specifications
- Category I frequency
- Up to Ka-band
- Category II frequency
- Up to Ku-band
- Category III frequency
- Up to Ka-band, self-supporting
About
FlexRS comes in three categories: Category I (Flexible Reflecting Shell Membranes — very thin, tailorable, functionalizable up to Ka-band), Category II (Knitted Metal Meshes and Supporting Cable Networks — currently up to Ku-band with grating-lobe reduction), and Category III (Self-Supporting Flexible Shells — higher stiffness, fully deployable and shape-stable under microgravity, up to Ka-band, reducing the need for support structures).
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
