Spaceborne Antennas for Planetary Exploration

Description

JPL spacecraft antennas-from the first Explorer satellite in 1958 to current R & D

Spaceborne Antennas for Planetary Exploration covers the development of Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) spacecraft antennas, beginning with the first Explorer satellite in 1958 through current research and development activities aimed at future missions. Readers follow the evolution of all the new designs and technological innovations that were developed to meet the growing demands of deep space exploration.

The book focuses on the radio frequency design and performance of antennas, but covers environmental and mechanical considerations as well. There is additionally a thorough treatment of all the analytical and measurement techniques used in design and performance assessment. Each chapter is written by one or more leading experts in the field of antenna technology.

The presentation of the history and technology of spaceborne antennas is aided by several features:
* Photographs and drawings of JPL spacecraft
* Illustrations to help readers visualize concepts and designs
* Tables highlighting and comparing the performance of the antennas
* Bibliographies at the end of each chapter leading to a variety of primary and secondary source material

This book complements Large Antennas of the Deep Space Network (Wiley 2002), which surveys the ground antennas covered in support of spacecraft. Together, these two books completely cover all JPL antenna technology, in keeping with the JPL Deep Space Communications and Navigation Series mission to capture and present the many innovations in deep space telecommunications over the past decades.

This book is a fascinating and informative read for all individuals working in or interested in deep space telecommunications.

 

Table of Contents

Foreword.

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Contributors.

Chapter 1. Introduction (William A. Imbriale, John Huang, and Mark S. Gatti).

1.1 Technology Drivers (William A. Imbriale).

1.2 Analysis Techniques for Designing Reflector Antennas (William A. Imbriale).

1.3 Wire Antennas (William A. Imbriale).

1.4 Microstrip Antenna: Analysis, Design, and Application (John Huang).

1.5 Antenna Measurements (Mark. S. Gatti).

References.

Chapter 2. The Early Years (William A. Imbriale).

2.1 Explorer 1. 2.2 Pioneers 3 and 4.

2.3 Project ranger.

2.4 Surveyor.

References.

Chapter 3. The Planetary Flybys (William A. Imbriale).

3.1 The Mariner Series.

3.2 Voyager Mission to the Outer Planets.

References.

Chapter 4. The Mars Missions (Joseph Vacchione).

4.1 Overview of Missions to Mars.

4.2 NASA Mars Orbiters/Landers.

4.3 Mars Rovers.

4.4 Continued mars Exploration.

References.

Chapter 5. The Orbiters (William A. Imbriale, Mark S. Gatti and Roberto Mizzoni).

5.1 Magellan to Venus (William A. Imbriale).

5.2 The Galileo Antenna System (Mark S. Gatti).

5.3 The Cassini High-Gain Antenna Subsystem (Roberto Mizzoni).

References.

Chapter 6. Spaceborne SAR Antennas for Earth Science (Yunjin Kim and Rolando L. Jordan).

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Characteristics of Spaceborne Earth Science SAR Antennas.

6.3 Seasat, SIR-A, and SIR-B Spaceborne Antennas.

6.4 SIR-C and SRTM Antennas.

6.5 Future Antenna Technologies and Concluding Remarks.

References.

Chapter 7. Instrument Packages (Richard E. Cofield, William A. Imbriale and Richard E. Hodges).

7.1 Radiometers (Richard E. Cofield).

7.2 Microwave Limb Sounders (MLS) (Richard E. Cofield).

7.3 Earth Observing System (EOS) MLS (Richard E. Cofield).

7.4 Scatteromeeters (Richard E. Cofield).

7.5 CloudSat (William A. Imbriale).

7.6 Wide Swath Ocean Altimeter (Richard E. Hodges).

7.7 Summary (Richard E. Cofield).

References.

Chapter 8. Mechanical Development of Antenna Systems (Gregory L. Davis and Rebekah L. Tanimoto).

8.1 Historically Significant Antenna Systems.

8.2 Current State-of-Practice.

8.3 Antenna Technology Development.

8.4 Future Antenna Systems Developments.

8.5 Concluding Remarks.

References.

Chapter 9. Miscellaneous Other Antennas (William A. Imbriale and Daniel J. Hoppe).

9.1 Solar Probe Antenna (William A. Imbriale).

9.2 Deep Impact S-Band Patch Array Antenna (Daniel J. Hoppe).

References.

Chapter 10. Spacecraft Antenna Research and Development Activities Aimed at Future Missions (John Huang).

10.1 Inflatable Array Antenna.

10.2 Foldable Frame-Supported Thin-Membrane Array.

10.3 Thin-Membrane Array Antenna for Beam Scanning Application.

10.4 Printed Reflectarray Antenna.

10.5 Applications and Recent Developments.

10.6 Summary.

References.

Acronyms and Abbreviations.

描述

《行星探索的太空天線》涵蓋了噴射推進實驗室（JPL）太空船天線的發展，從1958年的第一顆探測器衛星到目前的研究和開發活動，旨在應對未來的任務。讀者將追蹤所有新設計和技術創新的演變，以滿足深空探索的不斷增長需求。本書主要關注天線的射頻設計和性能，但也涵蓋了環境和機械考慮因素。此外，還詳細介紹了設計和性能評估中使用的所有分析和測量技術。每一章都由一位或多位天線技術領域的領先專家撰寫。本書的呈現方式得到了以下幾個特點的幫助：JPL太空船的照片和圖紙，以幫助讀者形象化概念和設計，突出並比較天線的性能的表格，每章末尾的參考文獻，引導讀者獲取各種主要和次要的資料來源。本書與《深空網絡的大型天線》（Wiley 2002）互補，該書介紹了支持太空船的地面天線。這兩本書完整地涵蓋了JPL的所有天線技術，符合JPL深空通信和導航系列的使命，捕捉並呈現過去幾十年來深空通信技術的許多創新。對於所有從事或對深空通信感興趣的人來說，本書是一本引人入勝且富有信息的讀物。

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