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LSS has been awarded the Horizon 2020 project LEA (Large European Antenna) in a consortium of 15 European companies from 6 nations led by HPS. The project aims towards European non-dependence in large deployable reflectors. The consortium will develop a flight-ready 6m deployable reflector antenna, ready for launch from 2021.

This news posting is written by Critical Comms. A test deployment has been undertaken for a 5 m diameter antenna, which is designed for orbital operations. Previously, the European industry was unable to field reflectors that were larger than 4 m in diameter. However, large reflectors are increasingly required for telecommunications,

LSS completed manufacturing and assembly of a 5 m deployable mesh reflector demonstrator (ESA project SCALABLE)

This news posting is written by esa.int A whole new kind of large space antenna has been tested in realistic space conditions. This 5 m-diameter reflector seen being lowered into ESA’s Large Space Simulator appears translucent because it is a few tenths of a mm thick – thinner than a piece

LSS has successfully finished work on shape accuracy improvement of the lightweight backpack deployable antenna in the scope of the ESA project “Ultra-Rapid Deployable Antenna”. Consequently, RF measurements performed by HPS GmbH returned very good results. Image ©HPS GmbH.