Portable Phased Aperture Array Antenna

A portable aperture array antenna system, comprising:

• a support structure comprising a substantially hemispherical geometry formed of a plurality of rigid linear elements;
• a membrane positionable upon an outer surface of the support structure;
• a plurality of antenna elements positioned coplanar to the membrane;
• one or more signal-processing modules;
• and
• a radio frequency transmission assembly operable to couple output signals from one or more of the antenna elements into one or more signal-processing modules,
• wherein the one or more signal-processing modules are configured to:
• model the motion of a first tracked satellite,
• focus a first electromagnetic beam in a direction of the first tracked satellite,
• steer the first electromagnetic beam from horizon to horizon to follow the modeled motion of the first tracked satellite without motion of physical components, and
• focus and steer a second electromagnetic beam in a direction of a second tracked satellite.