B13  Antennas for Small Satellites

Thursday, January 7  13:20-15:00  Room 200

Session Chairs:  Reyhan Baktur, David Jackson

13:20  B13-1  CHARACTERIZATION OF KA-BAND MESH SURFACES FOR CUBESAT REFLECTOR ANTENNAS: FROM SIMPLE WIRE GRID MODEL TO COMPLEX KNITS

Vignesh Manohar*, Yahya Rahmat-Samii

University of California, Los Angeles, CA


13:40  B13-2  STUDY OF INTEGRATING REFLECTARRAY WITH SOLAR CELL FOR SMALL SATELLITE APPLICATIONS

Taha Yekan*, Reyhan Baktur

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT


14:00  B13-3  MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS FOR CUBESATS

Xinyu Liu*1, Jingshen Liu1, David R. Jackson1, Ji Chen1, Patrick W. Fink2, Gregory Y. Lin2

1Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston, TX


14:20  B13-4  A MULTI-FUNCTION MILLIMETER-WAVE PHASED ARRAY FOR SMALL SATELLITES

Markus H. Novak*1, Felix A. Miranda2, John L. Volakis1

1ElectroScience Laboratory, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH


14:40  B13-5  POLARIZATION RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA FOR SMALL SATELLITE APPLICATION

Taha Yekan*, Reyhan Baktur

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT