Fig 1.
(a) Antenna Design Layout. (b). Antenna with Solar Panel.
Fig 2.
Antenna with 2U nanosatellite body.
Table 1.
Antenna parameters.
Fig 3.
Simulated and measured reflection coefficient.
Fig 4.
(a). Normalized radiation pattern at elevation plane 0˚. (b). Normalized radiation pattern at elevation plane 90˚. (c). Normalized radiation pattern at azimuth plane.
Fig 5.
Measured realized gain of the proposed UHF antenna.
Fig 6.
Efficiency of the proposed UHF antenna.
Fig 7.
Measurement setup for solar power output investigation with antenna in the Laboratory of Spacecraft Environment Interaction Engineering, KIT, Japan.
Table 2.
Experimental data of solar panel output power measurement.
Fig 8.
Vibration test setup of 2U satellite body.
Fig 9.
(a). FFT amplitude spectrum before sine burst. (b). FFT amplitude spectrum after sine burst.
Table 3.
Antenna performance summary.
Table 4.
Comparison with existing UHF antenna.