One-Meter Deployable Mesh Reflector for Deep-Space Network Telecommunication at X-Band and Ka-Band

被引：35

作者：

Chahat, Nacer ^{[1
]}

Sauder, Jonathan ^{[1
]}

Mitchell, Matthew ^{[2
]}

Beidleman, Neal ^{[2
]}

Freebury, Gregg ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA

[2] Tendeg, Louisville, KY 80027 USA

来源：

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION | 2020年 / 68卷 / 02期

关键词：

Antenna; circular polarization; CubeSat; deep-space communications; deployable antenna; high gain antenna (HGA); horn; patch array; radar; reflectarray; remote sensing; small satellite; telecommunication; telescoping waveguide;

D O I：

10.1109/TAP.2019.2943394

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

This article presents the design and optimization of a deployable 1 m mesh reflector compatible with a 12U-class CubeSat. This antenna is designed for telecommunication and is compatible with NASA's deep-space network (DSN) at X-band (i.e., uplink: 7.145-7.19 GHz; downlink: 8.4-8.45 GHz) and Ka-band frequencies (i.e., uplink: 34.2-34.7 GHz; downlink: 31.8-32.3 GHz). Three right-handed circularly polarized (RHCP) antennas, both transmit and receive, are introduced here: X-band only, Ka-band only, and X-/Ka-band. For the X-band-only antenna, a gain of 36.1 and 36.8 dBic is achieved at uplink and downlink frequency bands, respectively. This translates into an aperture efficiency of 72% and 62%. For the Ka-band-only antenna, a gain of 48.4 and 48.7 dBic is obtained at downlink and uplink frequency bands, which translate into an aperture efficiency of 62% and 72%, respectively.

引用

页码：727 / 735

页数：9

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