emerging flat panel antenna technology...• flat panel antenna technology is an emerging technology...
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EmergingFlatPanelAntennaTechnology
IstheWorldGoingFlat?AQuickLookatFlatPanelAntennas
andRadomeLove
KevinWalsh
ShipboardTechnicalSupportScrippsIns;tu;onofOceanography
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InternetconnecConstoshipsatseaintheUniversity-NaConalOceanographicLaboratorySystem(UNOLS)community.
• Currentlytwelveships:• TwowithCandKusystems,SixwithC,3withKuonly• LeasededicatedspacesegmentonglobalC-band,andKufootprintsthatcover
themajorityoftheAtlanCc,PacificandIndianOceans• Usefivesatellites:IS-23(AtlanCc),IS-34(AtlanCc),IS-18(Pacific),Intelsat
Galaxy18,IS-17(Indian)• OperateandmaintaintheearthstaConontheroofofSanDiego
SupercomputerCenteratUCSanDiego• Two7.2meterdishesforC-bandandone3.8meterKu-band• NetworkAccessPointforcommercialISPs,CENIC,PacificWave,andInternet2• Staffhavestronguniversityandnavyresearchanddevelopmentbackground
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R/V Endeavor
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R/V Walton Smith R/V Sally Ride R/V Kilo Moana
R/V Sikuliaq R/V Thomas G. Thompson
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RealRadomeLove–R/VInvesCgator
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MoCvaConstoInvesCgateFlatPanelAntennas• LowWeight• Lowelectricalpowerrequirement• Noorfewermovingparts• Soawaredefined,phasedarraytechnologyormetamaterials• Quicklydeployable• Disasterrecovery• TacCcaloperaCons• Shorttermserviceneed• CostcompeCCve(iftheyworkforyourapplicaCon)• AestheCcallyappealing• LEOreadycapabiliCes-YMMV• Theyarecool
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FlatPanelAntennaManufacturersThinKomThinSat300KymetaMtennaPhasorESA
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ExploratoryUseCase–OceanSurfaceUV
SubmidedDURIPProposal• EngineeredadaptaCon• Reducedpower• Increaseddatarate• LEORiskReducCon
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PreliminaryHandsOnTesCngRedmond
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COTMUsecases–land,seaandair
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SummaryofrelevantspecificaCons
Manufacturer Weight Size ParabolicEquivalent
Band(s) Trackingspeed
G/T EIRP
ThinKom 120lbswBUC
59”x3”9x4.3” 88cm/36cm Ku 100deg/sec 10-13dBK
49-52dbK
Kymeta 20lbs 32.4”x32.4”x.2.8” 60cm Ku 20deg/sec 9.5dBK 37.6dbK
Phasor(6module)
26.5lbsw/oBUC
42.1.”x36.3”2.6” 70cm Ku 200deg/sec
14.3dBK
53.6dbK
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Summary• Flatpanelantennatechnologyisanemerging
technology• Fewerornomovingparts• Acombinedtransmit-andreceive-capableaperture
haspotenCaltobeLEOready• MariCmeuserequiresoperaCnginfootprintarea
withfavorableelevaConangle.(comparedtoparabolic)–unClLEOandmicrosatsarrive
• Flatpanelantennasmayworthacloserlookforcoastalandregionalvesselswithmodestdataraterequirements
• FurthertesCngrequired
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