Design and Application of Iridium Satellite Radome for Smart Float Communication

In this paper, an iridium satellite radome for smart float is designed. According to the existing iridium satellite and GPS bare antenna, this paper optimizes the design of pressure resistant radome in aspect of material selection and mechanical design. Hydrostatic test, microwave chamber test and communication ability test have been conducted. The results show that the iridium satellite radome can withstand the pressure above 40Mpa, and the iridium antenna with the radome have a gain greater than 2 dB.