Development of validation tool for antenna positioners on vehicles in motion

Sammanfattning: Artificial satellites play a vital role throughout the world today. They providea broad range of services ranging from navigation to communication and reconnaissance. As antenna technology is evolving and ground based antennas are getting smaller and smaller, the demand for on-the-move solutions is growing.These antennas can be used whilst mounted on for example, a moving vehicle,where the mechanical performance of the antenna must be sufficient for thecurrent conditions. During this project, a computer based tool that can helpengineers when iterating and optimizing a two-axis gimbal type antenna designwas created. The tool uses simulated and recorded data from road vehicles andboats to calculate the required torque on the two axes necessary to sustain communication with a geostationary satellite. When completed, the tool was easy to use and configure whilst not requiring much computational power.