TY - JOUR
T1 - Comprehensive Review of Ku, K, and Ka Band Antenna Designs
T2 - Applications in CubeSats
AU - Gurbet, Yusuf Salih
AU - Doğu, Semih
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - Cube satellites (CubeSats) have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their cost-effectiveness and the rapid production capabilities enabled by commercial off-the-shelf components. This research comprehensively reviews 45 antenna designs for CubeSats operating in high-frequency bands, specifically the Ku, K, and Ka bands. Among the antennas reviewed are fourteen patch and patch array antennas, one slot antenna, two leaky wave antennas, three array antennas, seven reflector antennas, eight reflectarray antennas, three metasurface antennas, four cavity-backed antennas, one helical antenna, one lens antenna, and one horn antenna. These antennas are evaluated based on performance parameters such as gain, bandwidth, reflection coefficient, CubeSat size, and deployability to determine which designs suit the limited space available on CubeSats. Particular attention is given to the challenges in designing CubeSat antennas, including achieving high gain, broad bandwidth, multi-band capability, low profile, and circular polarization. This research aims to enhance our understanding by identifying high-frequency antenna designs that may benefit future CubeSat missions.
AB - Cube satellites (CubeSats) have become increasingly popular in recent years due to their cost-effectiveness and the rapid production capabilities enabled by commercial off-the-shelf components. This research comprehensively reviews 45 antenna designs for CubeSats operating in high-frequency bands, specifically the Ku, K, and Ka bands. Among the antennas reviewed are fourteen patch and patch array antennas, one slot antenna, two leaky wave antennas, three array antennas, seven reflector antennas, eight reflectarray antennas, three metasurface antennas, four cavity-backed antennas, one helical antenna, one lens antenna, and one horn antenna. These antennas are evaluated based on performance parameters such as gain, bandwidth, reflection coefficient, CubeSat size, and deployability to determine which designs suit the limited space available on CubeSats. Particular attention is given to the challenges in designing CubeSat antennas, including achieving high gain, broad bandwidth, multi-band capability, low profile, and circular polarization. This research aims to enhance our understanding by identifying high-frequency antenna designs that may benefit future CubeSat missions.
KW - CubeSats
KW - Patch antennas
KW - Planar antennas
KW - Reflectarray antennas
KW - Reflector antennas
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105008522103
U2 - 10.1007/s42405-025-00989-5
DO - 10.1007/s42405-025-00989-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105008522103
SN - 2093-274X
JO - International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
JF - International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
ER -