Inter-satellite Link Antenna

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Inter-Satellite Link (ISL) refers to the communication link between satellites, which can replace the ground relay station to do the autonomous operation of satellite constellation. This chapter provides two kinds of ISL antennas with beam scanning capability: the movable spot-beam reflector antenna and the phased array antenna.

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  1. Minggang L, Zhenghe F (2007) Combined rotating-element electric-field vector method for calibration of large-scale phased array antenna. Chin J Radio Sci 3:380–384

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You, R., Gao, W., Wu, C., Li, H. (2021). Inter-satellite Link Antenna. In: Technologies for Spacecraft Antenna Engineering Design . Space Science and Technologies. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5833-7_5

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