• DocumentCode
    2182255
  • Title

    Deployable antennas for CubeSat and space communications

  • Author

    Costantine, J. ; Tawk, Y. ; Ernest, A. ; Christodoulou, C.G.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. Dept., California State Univ. Fullerton, Fullerton, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    26-30 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    837
  • Lastpage
    840
  • Abstract
    In this paper we propose two UHF antenna concepts to be deployed on a CubeSat platform. Both antennas display logarithmic periodicity in their structure. The first antenna proposed is the conical log spiral antenna while the second is the log periodic crossed dipole antenna array. The design of these antennas as well as their deployment mechanisms are also discussed and presented.
  • Keywords
    UHF antennas; conical antennas; dipole antenna arrays; satellite antennas; space communication links; spiral antennas; CubeSat; UHF antenna; conical log spiral antenna; deployable antennas; log periodic crossed dipole antenna array; space communications; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Dipole antennas; Spirals; Springs; UHF antennas; CubeSat; Deployable antennas; Space Communications;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Prague
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0918-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0919-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206124
  • Filename
    6206124