ULTRA-LOW COST HIGH PERFORMANCE SATELLITE APERTURE

An antenna system of a satellite may consist of an antenna receiver that is coupled to a plurality of flexible couplings. The couplings may each be affixed to one or more antenna elements. The couplings may be deployed in space in an uncontrolled manner. Additionally, the spacing between the couplings, and in turn the antenna elements, may be spaced in an uncontrolled manner. The antenna elements may have no pointing requirements. The antenna system may receive training signals and associate an antenna element to a time of arrival based on the training signal. Upon receiving a data signal, the antenna system may apply coefficients determined from the association of the antenna element to the time of arrival to the data signal to discover wanted signal coherence among the antenna elements. 卫星的天线系统可由联接到多个柔性联接件的天线接收器组成。该联接件可各自附连到一个或多个天线元件。该联接件可以不受控的方式部署在空间中。此外，该联接件之间的间隔以及继而该天线元件之间的间隔可以不受控的方式隔开。该天线元件可不具有指向要求。该天线系统可接收训练信号，并且基于该训练信号将天线元件与到达时间相关联。在接收到数据信号时，该天线系统可将从该天线元件与该到达时间的该关联确定的系数应用于该数据信号，以发现该天线元件之间需要的信号相干性。