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- 3.75 meter Horseshoe Shaped Support Frame
- 25 cm diameter Rigid Composite Roll-up Tubes
- 25 cm diameter soft Inflatable Tubes
- All "soft" mitered joints
- Inflation Pressure of 3 psi
- 3 Feedhorn Support Columns
- 40.0 cm diameter (10.0 cm dia. tube) Feedhorn Torus
- Material: Black Urethane Coated Kevlar
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- Excellent radiation patterns during RF test
- Beamwidth (0.22°) in the broadside direction
- Very low average sidelobe level (below -30 dB within ±15°, below -50 dBoutside ±15°)
- Very low average cross-pol radiation (below -40 dB within ±40°, below -50 dB outside ±40°)
- The antenna has achieved the required surface flatness (requirement 0.5 mm rms, achieved 0.1 mm rms)
- Antenna determined to be mechanically feasible at the Ka-band frequency by JPL
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