A Deployable High-Gain Antenna Bound for Mars Developing a new folded-panel reflectarray for the first CubeSat mission to Mars

被引:157
作者
Hodges, Richard E. [1 ,2 ]
Chahat, Nacer [2 ]
Hoppe, Daniel J. [2 ]
Vacchione, Joseph D. [2 ]
机构
[1] Spacecraft Antennas Grp, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
[2] Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
关键词
REFLECTARRAYS; ARRAY;
D O I
10.1109/MAP.2017.2655561
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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 describes the development of a deployable high-gain antenna (HGA) for the proposed Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSat mission to Mars. The antenna is a new folded-panel reflectarray (FPR) designed to fit on a 6U (10 x 20 x 34 cm(3)) CubeSat bus and support 8.425-GHz Mars-to-Earth telecommunications. The FPR provides a gain of 29.2 dBic with right-hand circular polarization (RHCP). Small stowage volume is a key advantage of the FPR design, as it only consumes similar to 4% of the usable spacecraft payload volume with a mass of less than 1 kg.
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