Advanced satellite multifeed reconfigurable antenna with very good cross-polar and scan performances

Abstract

A towerless dual of f -set antenna conf igura t ion w i th c ross-po la r compensation and good scanning performances was anaTyzed f o r a mult ibeam reconfigurable antenna app l ica t ion , on-board a european mul t iserv ice comrmnicat ion sate l l i te . The antenna e l e c t r i cal perfonnances were canpared w i th t hose o f a compensated Standard Cassegrain arrangement. -----