CubeSat antenna design. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Nacer Chahat.
• Authors: Chahat, Nacer
• Editors: Chahat, Nacer
• Contents: Contributors Preface Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1. Description of CubeSats 2 1.1.1. Introduction 2 1.1.2. Form factors 4 1.1.2. Brief introduction to CubeSat subsystems 6 1.1.2.1. Attitude control 6 1.1.2.2. Propulsion 7 1.1.2.3. Power 8 1.1.2.4. Telecommunication 10 1.2.2. CubeSat Antennas 12 1.2.2.1. Low gain antennas 12 1.2.2.2. Medium gain antennas 14 1.2.2.3. High gain antennas 16 1.2.3. Effect of space environment on antennas 28 1.2.3.1. Radiation 28 1.2.3.2. Material outgassing 29 1.2.3.3. Temperature change 30 1.2.3.4. Multipacting breakdown 31 1.2. Conclusion 32 Acknowledgements 32 References 33 Chapter 2 Mars Cube One 2.1. Mission description 2 2.2. IRIS radio 5 2.3. X-band subsystem 10 2.3.1. Frequency allocation 10 2.3.2. Near Earth communications using low gain antennas 10 2.3.2.1 Antenna requirements 10 2.3.2.2 Antenna solution and performance 11 2.3.3. Mars-to-Earth communications 15 2.3.3.1 Telecommunication description: Uplink and Downlink from Mars 15 2.3.3.2 Mars Low gain antennas 15 2.3.3.2 High gain antenna 18 2.4. Entry, Descent, and Landing UHF link 35 2.4.1. State-of-the-art of UHF deployable CubeSat antennas 37 2.4.1.1 Four monopole antenna 37 2.4.1.2 Helical antenna 37 2.4.1.3 Patch antenna 38 2.4.2 Circularly polarized loop antenna concept 39 2.4.2.1 Loop antenna radiation and polarization 39 2.4.2.2 Infinite baluns design and shielded loop 40 2.4.2.3 Feeding structure 41 2.4.3 Mechanical Configuration and Deployment scheme 42 2.4.4 Simulation and measurements 47 2.4.4 In-flight performance 50 2.5. Conclusion 52 Acknowledgements 53 Chapter 3 RADAR in a CubeSat: RainCube 3.1. Mission description 2 3.2. Deployable high-gain antenna 6 3.2.1. State of the art 6 3.2.1.1 Inflatable antennas 6 3.2.1.2. Deployable reflectarray antennas 6 3.2.1.3. Deployable mesh reflector antennas 8 3.2.2. Parabolic reflector antenna design 12 3.2.2.1 Paraboloidal reflector 12 3.2.2.2 Dual-reflector antennas 13 3.2.2. RainCube high-gain antenna 15 3.2.2.1 Antenna choice: Cassegrain reflector 15 3.2.2.2 Antenna description 15 3.2.2.3. Perfect paraboloid antenna 15 3.2.2.4. Unfurlable paraboloid with ribs and mesh structures 21 3.2.2.5. Antenna measurement results 30 3.2.3. Mechanical deployment 33 3.2.4. Design and Testing for the Space Environment 37 3.2.5. In-flight performance 41 3.3. Telecommunication challenge 43 3.4. Conclusion 46 Acknowledgements 47 References 48 Chapter 4 One Meter Reflectarray Antenna: OMERA 4.1. Introduction 2 4.2. Reflectarray Antennas 5 4.2.1. Introductions to reflectarray 5 4.2.2. Advantages of reflectarray 5 4.2.3. Drawbacks of reflectarray 5 4.2.2. State of the art 6 4.3. OMERA 9 4.3.1. Antenna description 9 4.3.2. Deployable feed 10 4.3.3. Reflectarray design 14 4.3.4 Deployment accuracy 16 4.3.5 Effect of struts 20 4.3.6 Predicted gain and efficiency 20 4.3.6 Prototype and measurements 22 4.4. Conclusion 25 Acknowledgements 26 References 27 Chapter 5 X/Ka-band One Meter Mesh Reflector for 12U-class CubeSat 5.1. Introduction 3 5.2. Mechanical Design 6 5.2.1. Trade studies 6 5.2.1.1 Design goals 6 5.2.1.2. Rigid 6 5.2.1.3. Elastic composite 6 5.2.1.4. Mesh 7 5.2.2. Structural design of the reflector 7 5.2.2.1 Ribs 8 5.2.2.2 Hub 9 5.2.2.3 Battens 10 5.2.2.4 Nets 10 5.2.2.5 Perimeter Truss 12 5.2.3. Deployment 12 5.2.3.1 Boom design and deployment 12 5.2.3.2 Reflector deployment 13 5.2.3.3 Deployment issues 14 5.3. X/Ka RF design 15 5.3.1 Antenna configuration and simulation model 15 5.3.2. X-band mesh reflector 17 5.3.3 Ka-band mesh reflector 23 5.3.4 X/Ka-band mesh reflector 28 5.4. Conclusion 29 Acknowledgements 30 References 31 Chapter 6 Inflatable antenna for CubeSat 6.1. Introduction 2 6.2. Inflatable high gain antenna 3 6.2.1. State of the art 3 6.2.1.1. History of inflatable antennas research and experiments 3 6.2.1.2. History of the inflatable antenna for CubeSat concept 5 6.2.2. Inflatable antenna design at X-Band 8 6.2.2.1 Inflatable antenna at X-Band: initial design and lessons learned 8 6.2.2.2 Inflatable antenna at X-Band final design: reflector and feed placement 10 6.2.2.3 Antenna measurements 12 6.2.3. Structural design 13 6.2.4. Inflation and On-orbit Rigidization 13 6.3. Spacecraft Design Challenges 19 6.4. Conclusion 21 Acknowledgements 22 6.5. References 23 Chapter 7 High aperture efficiency all-metal Patch Array 7.1. Introduction 2 7.2. State of the art 4 7.3. Dual-band circularly polarized 8×8 patch array 9 7.3.1. Requirements 9 7.3.2. Unit cell optimization 9 7.3.3. 8×8 patch array 13 7.3.4. Comparison with state-of-the-art 19 7.3.5. Other array configurations 20 7.4. Conclusion 21 Acknowledgements 22 References 23 Chapter 8 Metasurface antennas: Flat antennas for small satellites 8.1. Introduction 2 8.2. Modulated metasurface antennas 2 8.2.1. State of the art: Pros and cons 2 8.2.2. Design of modulated metasurface antennas 6 8.2.3. 300 GHz Silicon micro-machined MTS antenna 13 8.2.4. Ka-band met
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Piscataway, N.J : IEEE
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 629.4643; Artificial satellites -- Radio antennas -- Design and construction; Microspacecraft -- Design and construction
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119692713
• Related ISBNs: 9781119692706
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