Title : 
Retrodirective antenna technology for CubeSat networks
         
        
            Author : 
Sun, Stephen S. ; Roque, Justin D. ; Murakami, Blaine T. ; Shiroma, Grant S. ; Miyamoto, Ryan Y. ; Shiroma, Wayne A.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hawaii Univ., Honolulu, HI, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In the spring of 2003, the University of Hawaii (UH) began participation in the University NanoSat Program, a multi-university effort sponsored by NASA and the USA Air Force Research Laboratories to encourage small-satellite research and development. Undergraduate engineering students at UH have been involved in small-satellite development for the past two years, particularly for a class of picosatellites known as CubeSat, which has a mass no greater than 1 kg and a volume of 1000 cm3.
         
        
            Keywords : 
directive antennas; satellite antennas; CubeSat networks; NASA; USA Air Force Research Laboratories; University NanoSat Program; University of Hawaii; picosatellites; retrodirective antenna technology; Antenna arrays; Directive antennas; Maintenance; Phased arrays; Reflector antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology; Sun; Transmission line antennas;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Wireless Communication Technology, 2003. IEEE Topical Conference on
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-8196-3
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/WCT.2003.1321499