Title :
A new UHF deployable antenna for cubeSats
Author :
J. Costantine;Y. Tawk;C. G. Christodoulou;I. Maqueda;M. Sakovsky;S. Pellegrino
Author_Institution :
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
fDate :
7/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper discusses the design of a new conical log spiral antenna that can operate at UHF frequencies. The antenna constitutes a suitable candidate for deployment on top of a 6U CubeSat system. The conical log spiral is designed to operate between 300 MHz and 600 MHz and exhibit circular polarization as well as an acceptable gain. The antenna is also required to satisfy size constraints by being compactly folded during launch and deployed successfully once in orbit.
Keywords :
"Spirals","Conductors","UHF antennas","Antenna feeds","Impedance matching","Dipole antennas"
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2015.7305102
