A 5 m-diameter antenna reflector, designed for orbital operations, seen during a test deployment during ESA’s latest Large Deployable Antenna Workshop. <br /> <br />Large-scale antenna reflectors are increasingly required for telecommunications, science and Earth observation missions. <br /> <br />This metal mesh reflector has a ‘double pantograph’ design to form a deployable ring. Once deployed it tensions two opposing, but connected, parabolic shaped nets, one on the top and one on the bottom. <br /> <br />Read more here: http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/11/Large_antenna_deployment
