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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoram Shapira, Yehuda, IL;
Harel Golombek, Netanya, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64G / ; B64G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
244173 ; 2441 / ; 136244 ;
Abstract
A spacecraft having an array of antenna elements mounted on its outer surface. Signals are transmitted and received by scanning the array electronically. Solar cells are mounted on the array elements in a manner that interferes minimally with the transmission and reception of the signals. Because the direction of transmission and reception is determined by electronic scanning, the antenna array and the solar cells are decoupled directionally without being decoupled mechanically.