• DocumentCode
    3289589
  • Title

    Applications of nano-satellites and cube-satellites in microwave and RF domain

  • Author

    Simons, Rainee N. ; Goverdhanam, Kavita

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    17-22 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    This paper presents an overview of microwave technologies for Small Satellites including NanoSats and CubeSats. In addition, examples of space communication technology demonstration projects using CubeSats are presented. Furthermore, examples of miniature instruments for Earth science measurements are discussed.
  • Keywords
    artificial satellites; microwave propagation; satellite communication; CubeSats; NanoSats; RF domain; cube satellite; microwave domain; nanosatellite; satellite communications; Antennas; Microwave communication; Optical sensors; Standards; Transceivers; Communication networks; microwave communication; patch antennas; satellite communications; satellite navigation systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7167067
  • Filename
    7167067