Spaceborne antennas for planetary exploration

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.

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