Title :
Applications of nano-satellites and cube-satellites in microwave and RF domain
Author :
Simons, Rainee N. ; Goverdhanam, Kavita
Author_Institution :
NASA Glenn Res. Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an overview of microwave technologies for Small Satellites including NanoSats and CubeSats. In addition, examples of space communication technology demonstration projects using CubeSats are presented. Furthermore, examples of miniature instruments for Earth science measurements are discussed.
Keywords :
artificial satellites; microwave propagation; satellite communication; CubeSats; NanoSats; RF domain; cube satellite; microwave domain; nanosatellite; satellite communications; Antennas; Microwave communication; Optical sensors; Standards; Transceivers; Communication networks; microwave communication; patch antennas; satellite communications; satellite navigation systems;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7167067
