Characteristics of scale models of large deployable mesh reflector antenna for mobile communications satellites

In the land mobile satellite system (LMSS) using a geostationary platform (GPF), a 30 m diameter satellite antenna is desirable for small portable terminal communications. SCR has adopted two deployment types of antenna structure, the Hexa-Link Truss reflector and the Tetra-Triagonal Prism Truss (TETRUS) reflector, and has developed scale models of them. Both of them represent important aspects of large satellite antenna technology. This paper describes the SCR outline of a land mobile satellite communications system and the experimental results of the scale models. This research establishes the basic technical information necessary for the development of a 30 m diameter antenna and a conceptual GPF design