Ka-Band Reflectarray for Interferometric SAR Altimeter

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Hodges, Richard [1 ]
Zawadzki, Mark [1 ]
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[1] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Spacecraft Antennas Grp, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
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This paper describes a large dual-beam, dual polarized Ka-Band reflectarray antenna prototype which was developed to demonstrate that key requirements of a space borne interferometric radar altimeter are achievable. The antenna consists of a 2.5 x 0.26 m aperture comprised of a rectangular grid of square patch printed circuit elements. The 2.6 m focal length offset-fed reflector is illuminated by a waveguide slot array feed focused in the nearfield. Measured results show good agreement with gain and radiation pattern predictions and demonstrates >50% aperture efficiency.
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