In this paper, the object of the research was the antenna reflector made of polymer composite materials with high geometric stability for telecommunication satellites. The aim of this study was to develop the carbon fibre reinforced plastic space reflector antenna manufacturing process, by using the vacuum assisted resin infusion technology. In this study, the rein impregnation process and curing process of the space reflector had been developed. Two types of carbon woven fabric structures were

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... investigated: standard fibre tow type, which has a cylindrical cross-sectional shape and spread tow type, which has a rectangular cross-sectional shape. Modelling of the kinetics of the impregnation process for the two types of carbon fabrics\'s unit cell structures was performed using software RAMRTM. This work also investigated the influence of the angle between warp and welt of the unit cell on the impregnation time. The results showed that decreasing the angle between warp and welt of the unit cell the decreasing of the permeability values was occurred. The optimizations of the cure cycle with and without consideration of the exothermic effects during the curing process were presented. The impregnation and curing processes were experimentally investigated. The comparisons of the experimental and modelling results were also presented.