A Review of Antennas for Picosatellite Applications

Table 2

An overview of the different picosatellite antennas from literature.

Antenna model	Deployable (yes/no)	Frequency band	Size dimension	Stow size/location	Stow-to-deployment ratio	Gain	Ref
	No	V-band (60 GHz)	10 cm × 10 cm × 0.32 cm	NA	NA	15.4 dBi	[57]
	Yes	Ka-band (26 GHz)	33.9 cm × 8.26 cm	On chassis	1 : 1	33.5 dBi	[72, 73]
	Yes	X-band (8.425 GHz)	33.3 cm × 19.9 cm	On chassis	1 : 1.1	28 dBi	[73]
	Yes	Ka-band (35.75 GHz)	50 cm × 22.8 cm	1.5 U (10 × 10 × 15) cm^3	1 : 1.5	42.6 dBi	[71]
	Yes	S-band (2.4 GHz)	100 cm × 50 cm	0.5 U (10 × 10 × 5) cm^3	1 : 10	6.48 dBi	[36]
	Yes	S-band (2.4 GHz)	100 cm × 50 cm	0.5 U (10 × 10 × 5) cm^3	1 : 10	8.97 dBi	[36]
	Yes	UHF band (400 MHz)	36.8 cm × 138 cm	0.5 U (10 × 10 × 5) cm^3	1 : 27.6	13 dBi	[53]
	No	UHF band (400 MHz)	15 cm × 15 cm	No	No	2.5 dBic	[84]