VHF/UHF Kapton supported antenna for cubesat applications

Abstract

International audienceThis paper addresses an original concept for very low mass planar flexible Kapton supported antenna for cubesat application. In order to illustrate the concept a dual-band VHF/UHF planar cross dipole antenna is presented. This circularly polarized antenna is compatible with the integration requirements for a cubesat mission and demonstrates very good performances in terms of input matching and radiation pattern