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Picture-frame-sized CubeSat antenna reaches orbit

Written by  Thursday, 22 July 2021 09:53
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Picture-frame-sized CubeSat antenna

An ESA project has developed satellite antenna the size of a small picture frame, intended for miniature CubeSats. Built by Polish company WiRan the antenna found its first customer as soon as it was finalised, and is already serving in space.

A fast-growing sector of Europe’s space economy, CubeSats are budget nanosatellites built up from standardised 10 cm cubic units – originally devised for educational uses, but increasingly capable of delivering valuable results from orbit.

Measuring less than 10 x 10 x 3 cm, including its connector, this new S-band antenna is designed for ‘telemetry, tracking and command’ purposes, meaning it will be used for uplinking commands to a CubeSat and downlinking platform and payload data.


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