SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE W SATELLITES
SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE W SATELLITES
SUMMARY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE W SATELLITES
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The W Satellites<br />
The W4 satellite is shown in Figure 39 in its launch configuration with stowed solar panels, side mounted<br />
communications antennas and top mounted steerable antenna. The circularly polarized Russian coverage<br />
antenna has a single surface shaped reflector, a single feed and polarizer. The linearly polarized African<br />
coverage antenna uses a dual gridded, shaped reflector with a dual feed. The steerable antenna is of a Gregorian<br />
design with shaped main reflector and sub-reflector.