Satellite microwave signal tracking system - processes TW21 mode signals to determine angular disposition of plane of polarisation

    公开(公告)号:IT1160916B

    公开(公告)日:1987-03-11

    申请号:IT6954078

    申请日:1978-11-06

    Abstract: A tracking system is for a satellite emitting microwave signals from a beacon. The signals are circularly or linearly polarised. A ground antenna passes a signal received to a circular waveguide propagating the higher order TE21 mode. Two pairs of longitudinal slots (A, A'; B, B') on two planes passing through the waveguide axis which planes are angularly spaced from each other by pi/4 radians. The signals of each pair of slots are subtracted. The resulting difference signals are processed to provide signals representing the satellite position in a system of Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z). The angle (theta) which the reference plane containing two axes (x, z) of the system defines with that plane through a first pair of slots (A, A') is caused to equal half the angle defined between the plane of polarisation of the satellite signal and the reference plane, for a linearly-polarised signal.

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