Conference Paper, 2024

RF Modelling and Validation of the Breadboard Antenna of the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer

18th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation Eucap 2024, ISBN 9788831299091, 10.23919/EuCAP60739.2024.10501226

Contributors

Cappellin C. 0000-0003-2864-6201 [1] Nicolaci P.G. 0000-0003-1980-5100 [1] Mizzoni R. Mangenot C. Lubrano V. [2] Trippanera E. [2] Datashvili L. Fiorelli B. [3]

Affiliations

  1. [1] TICRA
    2. [NORA names: TICRA; Private Research; Denmark; Europe, EU; Nordic; OECD];
  2. [2] Thales Alenia Space Italia
    3. [NORA names: Italy; Europe, EU; OECD];
  3. [3] ESTEC
    4. [NORA names: Netherlands; Europe, EU; OECD]

Abstract

A 1.4 m representative breadboard of the Copernicus Imaging Microwave Radiometer (CIMR) mesh reflector antenna was manufactured and its radiated field was measured using the planar near-field scanner of Thales Alenia Space Italy (TASI) in Rome. In this paper we describe the RF modelling of the CIMR breadboard in its measurement conditions and correlate the measured fields with the predicted fields in Ka bands.

Keywords

RF measurements, RF predictions, large deployable reflector, microwave passive radiometer, physical optics

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