• DocumentCode
    3677079
  • Title

    CubeSat deployable Ka-band reflector antenna for Deep Space missions

  • Author

    Nacer Chahat;Jonathan Sauder;Mark Thomson;Richard Hodges;Yahya Rahmat-Samii

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Inst. Technology, Pasadena, 91109, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2185
  • Lastpage
    2186
  • Abstract
    While CubeSats have thus far been used exclusively in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), NASA is now investigating the possibility to deploy CubeSats beyond LEO to carry out scientific experiments in Deep Space. Such CubeSats require a high-gain antenna that fits in a constrained and limited volume. This paper introduces a 42.8 dBi gain deployable Ka-band antenna folding in a 1.5U stowage volume suitable for 3U and 6U class CubeSats.
  • Keywords
    "Reflector antennas","Ribs","Dipole antennas","Gain","Low earth orbit satellites","Space vehicles"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2015.7305481
  • Filename
    7305481
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3677079