Low-cost steerable antenna for satellite applications

This paper discussed the design of phased array microstrip antenna which has been developed to serve the ground stations of Non geostationary satellites, the antenna array consists of 5*5 elements, the antenna operates in Ka frequency band, the gain reaches 14 dB with steerable beam which can trace...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2019-10, Vol.610 (1), p.12067
Main Authors: Wady, M., Swelam, W., Adel Azeem, Mohamed H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna arrays
Electronic control
Frequencies
Ground stations
Ka-Band
Low cost
Low earth orbits
Microstrip antennas
Microstrip array
Phased arrays
satellite
Satellites
Space applications
Steerable antennas
Steerable beam
Substrates
Synchronous satellites
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Summary:This paper discussed the design of phased array microstrip antenna which has been developed to serve the ground stations of Non geostationary satellites, the antenna array consists of 5*5 elements, the antenna operates in Ka frequency band, the gain reaches 14 dB with steerable beam which can trace the MEO ( Medium Earth Orbit) satellites alongside it's visible orbit around the earth, the electronic control of the steerable beam make it possible to use one antenna to trace the MEO and LEO (Low Earth Orbit) satellites series for communication services instead of two mechanical movable antennas, the dimension of each element in the array is ( 4.6mm * 2.6mm ) and the total size of the array antenna, substrate dimensions, is ( 30mm * 28mm) which gives the antenna the advantage of small size, low cost, easy to fabricate and also fast and easy to trace the movement of satellites around the earth.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/610/1/012067