Abstract
The objective of this study is the design and implementation of a Quadrifilar Helix Antenna (QHA) for telemetry, tracking and control of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. Because of its cardioid-shaped circularly polarized beam, QHA can satisfy requirements of satellite communications completely. In this paper, a variation of QHA referred to as “self-phased QHA” with a single feeding circuit, has been proposed to reduce implementation complexity. The designed antenna has been analyzed and the experimental results show that the radiation pattern provides good wide-beam in the desired frequency while the antenna’s bandwidth is around 200MHz when VSWR is less than 2.
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Leila FarhoudiAbstract—The objective of this study is the design and implementation of a Quadrifilar Helix Antenna (QHA) for telemetry, tracking and control of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite
There are many applications for the Quadrifilar Helix Antenna (QHA), because of its cardioid-shaped circularly polarized beam [1], such as global positioning systems [2, 3], mobile handsets and terminals [4,5,6] and space applications [7, 8] such as satellite payloads [9]
In a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite with attitude determination and control subsystem, TT&C antenna radiation should be from both sides of the satellite because in both nadir and anti-nadir pointing situation the communication link should be stable
Summary
Abstract—The objective of this study is the design and implementation of a Quadrifilar Helix Antenna (QHA) for telemetry, tracking and control of a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. Because of its cardioid-shaped circularly polarized beam, QHA can satisfy requirements of satellite communications completely. A variation of QHA referred to as “selfphased QHA” with a single feeding circuit, has been proposed to reduce implementation complexity. The designed antenna has been analyzed and the experimental results show that the radiation pattern provides good wide-beam in the desired frequency while the antenna’s bandwidth is around 200MHz when VSWR is less than 2
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