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In August 1972, Orbiting Astronomical Observatory No 3 (OAO-3) of the USA was launched. To commemorate the 500-year anniversary of the birth of the great scientist Nicolaus Copernicus, it was named the Copernicus Satellite. Copernicus’s heliocentrism gave rise to a revolution in human understanding of the universe. To explore space, launching satellites with antennas is the first step. As a result, spaceborne antennas have been widely used in communication, reconnaissance, navigation, remote sensing, deep-space exploration, radio astronomy and so on because they are the “eyes” and “ears” of satellite systems and play a key role in the implementation of satellite functions.

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    Yiqun Zhang

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Duan, B., Zhang, Y., Du, J. (2020). Introduction. In: Large Deployable Satellite Antennas. Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6033-0_1

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