Overview of Antenna Measurement Facilities at the NASA Glenn Research Center

摘要

For the past twenty years, the NASA Glenn Research Center (formerly Lewis Research Center) in Cleveland OH, has developed and maintained facilities for the evaluation of antennas. This effort has been in support of the work being done at the center in the research and development of space communication systems. The wide variety of antennas that have been considered for these systems resulted in a need for several types of antenna ranges at the Glenn Research Center (GRC). Four ranges, which are part of the Microwave Systems Laboratory, are the responsibility of the staff of the Applied RF Technology Branch. A general description of these ranges is provided in this paper.