30th ESA Antenna Workshop on Antennas for Earth Observation, Science, Telecommunication and Navigation Space Missions

Innovation and Challenges

27 - 30 May 2008

Location: Noordwijk, The Netherlands

The Antennas and Sub-Millimeter Waves Section of the Electromagnetic Division together with the Structures Section of the Directorate of Technical and Quality and Management (DTEC) at ESTEC organises the 30th ESA Antenna Workshop.

The Workshop will be held from May 27th to 30th, 2007 at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands. The Workshop will be organised with oral parallel sessions and round table discussions. A dedicated area will be available for poster presentations.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Abstracts of original papers are solicited for inclusion in the workshop programme. They shall clearly identify the object of the proposed papers and highlight the underlying advances, recent developments and innovation.

Antenna systems concepts, innovative technology designs and developments, as well as modelling/testing/validation procedures are solicited addressing, but not limited to:

1.        Feed and array fed reflector antennas.

2.        Advanced reflector technologies (large aperture, polarisation and frequency sensitive reflectors, antenna deployment and pointing mechanisms).

3.        Advanced structure concepts (incl. highly stable and low mass adaptive ones).

4.        Low mass and highly stable antenna structures.

5.        Interferometric, synthetic aperture antenna systems.

6.        Feed systems, focal arrays and BFN (low and high power, including PIM and multipactor issues).

7.        Single/multiple reconfigurable beam space antennas

8.        Multiple beam antennas using a single aperture.

9.        Direct radiating arrays based antenna including sparse and thinned arrays.

10.     Active and adaptive antennas and their equipments.

11.     Signal processing antennas (including digital beamforming).

12.     Reflectarrays and lenses based antennas.

13.     Millimetre and sub-millimetre wave antennas: design and technologies.

14.     RF transparent, reflective or absorptive materials.

15.     Low gain antennas

16.     User terminals for fixed or mobile communications and navigation.

17.     Ground-station antennas (TT&C, Data transmission and Navigation systems ground reference).

18.     Antenna modelling techniques, algorithms and tools.

19.     Antenna electrical (RF, PIM ,Multipactor) and mechanical testing.

20.     Antenna interaction with structures.

21.     Other topics.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS