CONCLUSIONS The behaviour of the mesh versus the PIM product is considered adequate to secure ther quired performance a ting is go uniform (holes and poor ctingmust be avoided). REFERENCES [1]P.Angeletti et al.,"The Large Deployable Reflector Program at S:P.A.EGS and ALENIA SPAZIO",25th ESACONCLUSIONS The behaviour of the mesh versus the PIM product is considered adequate to secure the required performance at reflector level (at L-band) provided that the tension is at least 5 grams/cm (otherwise the PIM power level increase considerably in presence of vibrations associated to the satellite manoeuvres) and the quality of the coating is good and uniform (holes and poor coating must be avoided). REFERENCES [1] P. Angeletti et al., "The Large Deployable Reflector Program at S:P.A. EGS and ALENIA SPAZIO", 25th ESA Antenna Workshop on Satellite Antenna Technology", pp 207-214, 18-20 September 2002. [2] A.Cherniavsky et al., "Large Deployable Space Antenna", 25th ESA Antenna Workshop on Satellite Antenna Technology", pp 215-222, 18-20 September 2002