Inflatable antenna for cubesat: Extension of the previously developed s-band design to the X-band

Alessandra Babuscia; Thomas Choi; Kar Ming Cheung; Jekan Thangavelautham; Mithun Ravichandran; Aman Chandra

Inflatable antenna for cubesat: Extension of the previously developed s-band design to the X-band

Alessandra Babuscia, Thomas Choi, Kar Ming Cheung, Jekan Thangavelautham, Mithun Ravichandran, Aman Chandra

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Abstract

The inflatable antenna for CubeSat is a 1 meter antenna reflector designed with one side reflective Mylar, another side clear Mylar with a patch antenna at the focus. The development of this technology responds to the increasing need for more capable communication systems to allow CubeSats to operate autonomously in interplanetary missions. An initial version of the antenna for the S-Band was developed and tested in both anechoic chamber and vacuum chamber. Recent developments in transceivers and amplifiers for CubeSat at X-band motivated the extension from the S-Band to the X-Band. This paper describes the process of extending the design of the antenna to the X-Band focusing on patch antenna redesign, new manufacturing challenges and initial results of experimental tests.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition
Publisher	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
ISBN (Print)	9781624103346
State	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	AIAA SPACE Conference and Exposition, 2015 - Pasadena, United States Duration: Aug 31 2015 → Sep 2 2015

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Other	AIAA SPACE Conference and Exposition, 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pasadena
Period	8/31/15 → 9/2/15

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Space and Planetary Science
Aerospace Engineering

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Babuscia, A, Choi, T, Cheung, KM, Thangavelautham, J, Ravichandran, M & Chandra, A 2015, Inflatable antenna for cubesat: Extension of the previously developed s-band design to the X-band. in AIAA SPACE 2015 Conference and Exposition. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA, AIAA SPACE Conference and Exposition, 2015, Pasadena, United States, 8/31/15.

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