Low profile antenna for satellite communication

Antenna (10) comprising: a support construction; a plurality of active panels (14), coupled to the mobile support construction manner; and an actuator (41) adapted to control movement of the plurality of active panels (14) including relative motion between the active panels (14) and a determination of a distance D between at least two adjacent panels (14) of said plurality of active panels (14) so ​​as to track a transmitter or receiver, so that the axes (16) of the plurality of active panels (14) are configured to move in a direction substantially parallel to a reference plane (11 ); wherein said plurality of active panels (14) can rotate respectively about parallel axes (16) supported by the support construction such that they remain substantially parallel to each other; and where, over a range of inclined angles, each pair of adjacent active panels (14) substantially limits with others in a plane perpendicular to a direction of the antenna beam plane, and the beam direction no active panel is not covered in whole or in part.