Patent ID: 8659493

Claim:
A mission-flexibility antenna including a single reflector and at least a first source and a second source of radio frequency signals, which sources are arranged in front of the reflector, the reflector having a focal point and each source having a phase centre, wherein the sources are independent, fixed and connected to separate radiofrequency feed systems defining different and predefined polarization and/or operating frequency characteristics, wherein said antenna additionally includes means of displacement and orientation of the reflector from a first position in which the focal point of the reflector is placed at the phase centre of the first source to a second position in which the focal point of the reflector is placed at the phase centre of the second source, and wherein the means of displacement and orientation of the reflector include means of actuation by translation of the reflector from the first position to the second position, the reflector being oriented into a fixed pointing direction, wherein the translation consists in moving the reflector in a linear direction.