CubeSat deployable Ka-band reflector antenna for Deep Space missions
- 1 July 2015
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 2185-2186
- https://doi.org/10.1109/aps.2015.7305481
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
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