Spacecraft with integrated array of solar cells and electronical

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1996-08-06

1998-05-19

Grant, William

Aeronautics and astronautics

Spacecraft

With payload accommodation

244158R, 136244, B64G 144, B64G 166

Patent

active

057526761

ABSTRACT:
A spacecraft having an array of antenna elements mounted on its outer surface. Signals are transmitted and received by scanning the array electronically. Solar cells are mounted on the array elements in a manner that interferes minimally with the transmission and reception of the signals. Because the direction of transmission and reception is determined by electronic scanning, the antenna array and the solar cells are decoupled directionally without being decoupled mechanically.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3802920 (1974-04-01), Salles et al.
patent: 3933323 (1976-01-01), Dudley et al.
patent: 4030102 (1977-06-01), Kaplan et al.
patent: 5169094 (1992-12-01), Maute et al.

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