A survey on CubeSat missions and their antenna designs

S Liu, PI Theoharis, R Raad, F Tubbal, A Theoharis… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
CubeSats are a class of miniaturized satellites that have become increasingly popular in
academia and among hobbyists due to their short development time and low fabrication …

CubeSat Antenna Designs in the Last 2 Decades (2002–2023): A Survey

MR Ghaderi, N Amiri - International Journal of Aeronautical and Space …, 2024 - Springer
CubeSats are small satellites that are widely used for various purposes such as remote
sensing, telecommunications, and space research. Due to their low cost and feasibility for …

Gain enhancement of a dual-band antenna with the FSS

C Shi, J Zou, J Gao, C Liu - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
A dual-band directional antenna for Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band application
is proposed in this article. The antenna consists of two layers of substrates. The first layer …

Circularly polarized high gain leaky-wave antenna for CubeSat communication

X Li, J Wang, G Goussetis… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, a novel planar leaky-wave antenna (LWA) and its array are proposed and
presented for CubeSat communication applications. Using the substrate-integrated …

A curved 3D-printed S-band patch antenna for plastic CubeSat

G Muntoni, G Montisci, A Melis, MB Lodi… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The new space economy paradigm demands for cost-effective systems for its development.
Plastic CubeSats are appealing candidates. To enable the use of this new generation of …

Low-profile antenna system for cognitive radio in IoST CubeSat applications

K Aljaloud, K Sultan, M Ikram, AH Alqahtani, QH Abbasi… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Since the CubeSats have become inherently used for the Internet of space things (IoST)
applications, the limited spectral band at the ultra-high frequency (UHF) and very high …

CubeSat Inter-Satellite Link-based Log Periodic Antenna for C-band Applications

R Yadav, VS Pandey, S Kumar… - 2022 IEEE Students …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A perfect electric conductor-based log periodic antenna for CubeSat inter-satellite link
application is discussed in this paper. The proposed log periodic antenna comprises of the …

Implementation and design of RF-front-end telemetry tracking and command subsystem of a CubeSat with 500-km altitude

V Rastinasab, H Weidong - … on Miniaturization for Air and Space …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Microsatellites in LEO usually utilize amateur radio frequency (RF) to communicate with the
ground station. For communication with the Earth, the very high frequency/ultrahigh …

Single-Length and On-Wafer Probe Based Broadband and Rapid Characterization of Substrate Dielectric Constant for Aerospace Applications

L Cai, X Xu, G Xu - IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for Air and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The space environment can exert an influence on the dielectric properties of dielectric
substrates, and potential alterations in substrate dielectric constant could significantly impact …

Design Methodology for Single-Feed Circularly Polarized X-band Antenna Arrays for CubeSats Using Multilevel Sequential Rotation

D Hester, S Han, M Adams - IEEE Journal on Miniaturization for …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a streamlined design methodology for single-feed circularly polarized
antenna arrays for CubeSats. The presented method was created with student-led teams in …