Design of Active V-Dipole Antenna on UAS for Receiving NOAA Polar Satellite Imagery

In suboptimal environments for satellite reception, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) can navigate to a higher vantage point to receive better quality satellite broadcasts. Small UAS platforms are constrained by weight and size, making VHF antenna implementation difficult for satellite reception onboa...

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Published in:IEEE journal on miniaturization for air and space systems 2024-09, Vol.5 (3), p.165-174
Main Authors: Manore, Curtis, Fenn, Alan J., Singh, Hanumant
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna design
Autonomous aerial vehicles
Dipole antennas
Low-noise amplifiers
Meteorology
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Satellite antennas
Satellite broadcasting
Software radio
software-defined radio (SDR)
V-dipole
weather satellites
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Summary:In suboptimal environments for satellite reception, an unmanned aerial system (UAS) can navigate to a higher vantage point to receive better quality satellite broadcasts. Small UAS platforms are constrained by weight and size, making VHF antenna implementation difficult for satellite reception onboard a UAS. This research designs, simulates, and implements a small form factor V-dipole antenna with matching circuit and low-noise amplifiers to receive high-quality National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite imagery and weather data from a custom DJI Matrice 100 UAS platform. A software-defined radio was used to filter and demodulate VHF satellite signals, and an Nvidia TX2-embedded computer processed the satellite images onboard the UAS. Performance was evaluated by the quality of the image reception and practicality of the antenna design in flight.
ISSN:2576-3164
2576-3164
DOI:10.1109/JMASS.2024.3389097