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Parabolic Reflector Antenna

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Parabolic Reflector Antenna 

an antenna that focuses electromagnetic energy in the required direction by means of a metallic or metallized reflecting surface having a parabolic shape, such as a paraboloid of revolution or a parabolic cylinder.



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The system includes a parabolic reflector antenna, two electrical motors and a small computer that gives commands to aim the antenna, covered by a white plastic dome, at the DirecTV satellites 22 miles above the Earth's surface.
24, 25 and 26), SRI International will operate a radio telescope and its 150-foot parabolic reflector antenna (called the "dish") to test UHF communication signals to and from the Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft that was launched on Nov.
 
 
 
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