Title :
A synthetic aperture antenna for femto-satellites based on COTS
Author :
Murcia, Enric Fernández ; Tristancho, Joshua
Author_Institution :
Escola d´´Enginyeria de Telecomunicació i Aeroespacial de Castelldefels, UPC Barcelona Tech - Spain
Abstract :
• Femto-Satellites are useful for Disaster Management only if a communication link of 500 km is achieved • Few amplifiers were tested in order to have the best ratio between gain and power consumption • An array of ceramic antennas was designed in order to increase gain and directivity reducing the mass • Future work: A high altitude balloon test is required in order to validate the link with the ground station
Conference_Titel :
Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 2011 IEEE/AIAA 30th
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-797-9
DOI :
10.1109/DASC.2011.6096295