Solar Orbiter Antenna Reflector Assembly
Date: 20 March 2017
Satellite: Solar Orbiter
Depicts: HGA Antenna Reflector Assembly
Location: Airbus, Friedrichshafen, Germany
Copyright: Airbus Defence and Space
The Antenna Reflector Assembly (ARA) of ESA's Solar Orbiter mission ready for testing at Airbus in Friedrichshafen, Germany in March 2017.
The dish was obtained from a 7-cm thick slab of titanium which was heated to 940 degrees Celsius and then pressed in a mould to create a dome-like shape only 70 mm thick, and eventually reduced to about 1 mm thickness in a milling machine.
Last Update: 1 September 2019
