Force-actuator scheme devised to help correct for decrease, caused by gravitational bending, in gain of 34-m-diameter paraboloidal microwave antenna reflector used for tracking distant spacecraft and observing celestial radio sources. Also applicable to other antennas bending significantly under own weight, with consequent degradation of performance.


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    Title :

    Actuators Help Correct For Gravitational Bending Of Antenna


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    1996-05-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    English


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