METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SATELLITE USER TERMINAL ANTENNA POINTING

Disclosed is an antenna including a lens; a feed trolley configured to couple to a feed; a track coupled to the feed trolley; a flexible member connected to the feed trolley configured to move the feed coupled to the feed trolley along the track to a first destination or to a second destination, whe...

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Hauptverfasser: Ozaki Ernest Tadashi, Davis Roy Howard
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Zusammenfassung:Disclosed is an antenna including a lens; a feed trolley configured to couple to a feed; a track coupled to the feed trolley; a flexible member connected to the feed trolley configured to move the feed coupled to the feed trolley along the track to a first destination or to a second destination, wherein the feed is configured to move along the track to the first destination to form a first collimated beam through the lens to point to a first satellite, and wherein the feed is configured to move along the track to the second destination to form a second collimated beam through the lens to point to a second satellite. In various examples, the antenna includes a second feed trolley and a second feed, and the track includes two sides to accommodate a feed trolley on each side.