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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.

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