Prix de la Revue Technique Luxembourgeoise 2015: DESIGN, MANUFACTURING AND ASSEMBLY OF A MOCK-UP OF A SATELLITE AROUND A PROTOTYPE ANTENNA

摘要

The following is an abstract of the bachelor thesis describing the work of designing, manufacturing and assembling a mock-up of a device positioning a satellite around an existing ground antenna. In 2013 Laurent Marini built a mock-up of a ground antenna (Figure 1) as it is used by the Galileo navigation satellite system. Equipped with an IR-receiver (camera) in the centre of the reflector, servo motors in the housing behind the reflector and at the bottom of the station, this antenna is able to track a satellite (represented by an IR LED) in space.