Miniaturization challenges for autonomously phased arrays in a CubeSat application

Iwami, Reece T.; Lei, Bao Jun; Lim, Toy; Tonaki, Wade G.; Chun, Tyler F.; Zamora, Alexis; Longhi, Joseph C.; Watanabe, Monte; Akagi, Justin M.; Shiroma, Wayne A.

doi:10.1109/icwits.2010.5611925

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“…A University of Hawaii Mea Huaka'i CubeSat included a 5.8-GHz phased array, however its launch vehicle failed and it was not tested in orbit [5]. The University of Hawaii has also designed compact retrodirective array prototypes, however their design consumed too much power to be feasible to implement on CubeSats [3]. Lockheed Martin mentions the Phased Array Tile Rapid In-Orbit Test (PATRIOT) CubeSat concept in marketing literature, however they do not publicly mention if the proposed satellite was constructed [6].…”

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Improving cubesat downlink capacity with active phased array antennas

Klein

Hawkins

Thorsen

2014

2014 IEEE Aerospace Conference

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Power budgets on small satellites are restricted by the limited surface area for solar panels. This limits the power available for radio communications, which constrains the downlink budget. The limited transmit power translates to low downlink data rates on small satellites. Antenna gain from directive antennas mad be a power efficient wad of improving the downlink budget, thereby increasing the downlink rate of small satellites.

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Improving cubesat downlink capacity with active phased array antennas

Klein

Hawkins

Thorsen

2014

2014 IEEE Aerospace Conference

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“…Without knowledge of their respective positions, CubeSats must establish and maintain reliable crosslinks between other nodes within the network. RDAs presented a unique solution to these problems [11] , which were explored in this research project.…”

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Miniaturized Retrodirective Arrays for a Nanosatellite Platform

Shiroma¹,

Iwami²,

Tonaki³

2012

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Miniaturization challenges for autonomously phased arrays in a CubeSat application

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Improving cubesat downlink capacity with active phased array antennas

Improving cubesat downlink capacity with active phased array antennas

Miniaturized Retrodirective Arrays for a Nanosatellite Platform

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