4 Sep
2013
4 Sep
'13
11:36 a.m.
From: Gus The only problem with this, is that certain components can't be miniaturized. Example: Antennas. And HEO satellites need more sophisticated antennas.
Trueand the antenna system used on Aeneas showed how you can have a deployable 2400 MHz dish on a CubeSat. See pic at bottom of
http://amsat-uk.org/2012/09/13/amateur-radio-cubesats-to-launch-from-vandenb...
Deployable directional antennas can be built into CubeSats.
BTW For those that haven't seen it yet the AMSAT-DL update presentation given in July can be seen at
http://www.batc.tv/streams/amsat1306
73 Trevor M5AKA