Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Antenna components
Patent
1977-02-04
1978-09-19
Smith, Alfred E.
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Antenna components
343DIG2, 350289, H01Q 1520
Patent
active
041157842
ABSTRACT:
A deployable ground plane antenna for use aboard a satellite or the like, with the antenna and erection mechanism being compactly stowable within the confines of a launch vehicle prior to and during launch thereof. After ejection of the satellite from the launch vehicle, the ground plane antenna self-deploys on removal of a single cable restraint. The mesh-like ground plane or reflector is pulled into a deployed planar configuration by flexible rods which carry the ground plane and which are spring-loaded to provide erection force.
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patent: 3715760 (1973-02-01), Palmer
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Frain William E.
Schwerdtfeger Lee
Stillman Lee E.
Erlich Jacob N.
Moore David K.
Rusz Joseph E.
Smith Alfred E.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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