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Telecommunications Antennas for the Juno Mission to JupiterThe Juno Mission to Jupiter requires a full sphere of coverage throughout its cruise to and mission at Jupiter. This coverage is accommodated through the use of five (5) antennas; forward facing low gain, medium gain, and high gain antennas, and an aft facing low gain antenna along with an aft mounted low gain antenna with a torus shaped antenna pattern. Three of the antennas (the forward low and medium gain antennas) are classical designs that have been employed on several prior NASA missions. Two of the antennas employ new technology developed to meet the Juno mission requirements. The new technology developed for the low gain with torus shaped radiation pattern represents a significant evolution of the bicone antenna. The high gain antenna employs a specialized surface shaping designed to broaden the antenna's main beam at Ka-band to ease the requirements on the spacecraft's attitude control system.
Document ID
20150008786
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Conference Paper
External Source(s)
Authors
Vacchione, Joseph D.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Kruid, Ronald C.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Prata, Aluizio, Jr.
(University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA, United States)
Amaro, Luis R.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Mittskus, Anthony P.
(Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
May 26, 2015
Publication Date
March 3, 2012
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Meeting Information
Meeting: 2012 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: March 3, 2012
End Date: March 10, 2012
Sponsors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Distribution Limits
Public
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