All-Metal Antennas for Lunar Exploration
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Simons, Rainee N.; Zemba, Michael J.; Piasecki, Marie T.; Pember, Taylor C.; Dever, Sarah M.; Miranda, Felix A.
- Source
- 2023 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM) URSI National Radio Science Meeting (USNC-URSI NRSM), 2023 United States National Committee of. :7-8 Jan, 2023
- Subject
- Aerospace
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Geoscience
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Fabrication
Surface waves
Moon
Radio navigation
Antenna feeds
Antenna arrays
lunar communications
navigation
antenna
arrays
short backfire
- Language
In support of the accelerating Lunar exploration that is underway through NASA’s Artemis program, the feasibility of an all-metal antenna design and several variants is investigated with consideration for communications and navigation applications in harsh space and Lunar surface environments. The all-metal antenna is of the short backfire type with a waveguide feed and generates a linearly polarized radiation at X-band. The investigation includes the design, fabrication, and characterization of the antenna. The paper summarizes the initial results of the investigation.