On-board High Precision Large Antenna for Deep Space Exploration
Glavkosmos
A large, high-precision antenna component designed for deep space exploration, featuring a 5-meter effective aperture and precise deployment repeatability.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- TRL
- 5
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As published by the supplier
- Purpose
- component of large antenna systems
- Flight qualification of the product
- No
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Effective aperture
- D: 5+0.05 m
- Opening in the central part of the reflector
- 0.45±0.02 m
- Stowage zone of the reflector
- cylinder 1.9 m in diameter and 2.75 m in height
- Interface for antenna installation
- diameter 1400 mm
- Deployment repeatability
- not exceeding 0.02 mm (r.m.s)
About
This product is an on-board high-precision large antenna, intended as a critical component within larger antenna systems for deep space exploration. It boasts an effective aperture of 5 meters with a tolerance of ±0.05 meters and an opening in the central part of the reflector measuring 0.45 ±0.02 meters. The antenna is designed to stow within a cylindrical volume of 1.9 meters in diameter and 2.75 meters in height. It provides an interface for installation with a diameter of 1400 mm. A key feature is its high deployment repeatability, not exceeding 0.02 mm (r.m.s). While the product is not flight qualified, there is a possibility to adapt it to specific customer requirements.
Documentation
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