Development of super-lightweight waveguide for MUSES - C XHGA and horn antennas for MUSES-C XMGA

摘要

The 20th scientific satellite MUSE-C, shown in Fig. 1, which aims at collecting the rock samples from the asteroid then returning them back to the earth, is scheduled for lunch in 2002 by ISAS. The satellite will have 5 antennas: one Φ 1.6m X-band high gain antenna (XHGA), two X-band medium gain antennas (XMGA-A&B) and three X-band low gain antennas (XLGA-A,B & C).