Robust Deployable Reflectors for Antennas on Cubesats
Published in 42nd ESA Antenna Workshop, 2024
Recommended citation: Austin, A. C. M., Pelham, T., Hilton, G., & Beach, M. A. (2024). Robust Deployable Reflectors for Antennas on Cubesats. Paper presented at 42nd ESA Antenna Workshop., Noordwijk, Netherlands. https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/robust-deployable-reflectors-for-antennas-on-cubesats
A deployable corner reflector antenna for an 8U CubeSat operating at 1.5 GHz is proposed. The impact of reflector size, position, and opening angle is analysed using simulations for a monopole feed antenna. A fixed (non-deployable) prototype mounted on a 8U CubeSat chassis was found to improve the directivity from 3.7 dBi to 8.6 dBi when the reflectors were included, with good agreement between the simulated and measured radiation patterns.