Recent developments in a large inflatable antenna

Ira Steve Smith; Ethan A. Chaffee; Christopher Walker

doi:10.1109/AERO.2018.8396633

Recent developments in a large inflatable antenna

Ira Steve Smith, Ethan A. Chaffee, Christopher Walker

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Abstract

The Large Inflatable Antenna (LIA) concept represents a game-changing breakthrough towards realizing high-gain antennas using small spacecraft volumes. It makes use of the simplest and lowest energy structure in nature: the sphere. The LIA technology program is a cooperative effort between the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Arizona (UA). The approach represents a cost-effective opportunity to create a scalable technology for a wide variety of applications for looking into deep space as well as Earth remote sensing. This paper addresses: 1) potential applications, 2) orbital parameters and 3) the spherical reflector design and fabrication.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2018
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538620144
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2018.8396633
State	Published - Jun 25 2018
Event	2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2018 - Big Sky, United States Duration: Mar 3 2018 → Mar 10 2018

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Name	IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Volume	2018-March
ISSN (Print)	1095-323X

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Other	2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference, AERO 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Big Sky
Period	3/3/18 → 3/10/18

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Aerospace Engineering
Space and Planetary Science

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