The cost of carrying out a feasibility study will also be evaluated at this stage. The concept of the Large Adaptive Reflector. The airborne platform will be at the focus. The focal plane is the - plane. The Zenith Angle of the airborne platform is , and its Azimuth is .
R is the distance from the center of the reflector to the focus.
In principle, R can vary with and , but in this plan the airborne platform is assumed to travel on the surface of a sphere of radius, R. Incoming rays are reflected from a parabolic reflector which has a long focal length, thus presenting a very flat profile. The reflector is active - made up of panel segments whose height and angle to the vertical can be adjusted. Other means of airborne support may also be considered. The development of the LAR crosses the boundaries of a number of important physical disciplines - notably aerodynamics, radio physics, control systems, geomatics, and antenna design. Therefore, we expect the feasibility study to be highly collaborative.