Messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm Gesellschaft MIT Beschraenkter Haftung

Knud Pontoppidan

Henning Herbig

Horst Heinze

Franz Drachenberg

An umbrella type unfoldable antenna reflector net is supported by carrier bs extending radially from a carrier body and by auxiliary ribs extending between adjacent carrier ribs. Bracing wires are connected between the carrier ribs and the auxiliary ribs. The tension of the bracing wires, which in the unfolded state of the reflector net extend substantially in the direction of chords, is adjustable by respective adjustment members so that the bracing tension force has a force component which extends substantially perpendicularly to a plane defined by the unfolded reflector net. The adjustment members permit adjusting the reflector net into a parabolic shape.

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Copenhagen, Denmark

Knud Pontoppidan