Metamaterial Based Ku-Band Antenna for Low Earth Orbit Nanosatellite Payload System
Touhidul Alam,
Mohammad Tariqul Islam,
Mohammad Lutful Hakim,
Khalid H. Alharbi,
Mandeep Singh Jit Singh,
Muntasir M. Sheikh,
Rabah W. Aldhaheri,
Md. Shabiul Islam,
Mohamed S. Soliman
Affiliations
Touhidul Alam
Pusat Sains Ankasa (ANGKASA), Institut Perubahan Iklim, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohammad Tariqul Islam
Centre for Advanced Electronic and Communication Engineering, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohammad Lutful Hakim
Pusat Sains Ankasa (ANGKASA), Institut Perubahan Iklim, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
Khalid H. Alharbi
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O.Box. 80200, Jeddah 22254, Saudi Arabia
Mandeep Singh Jit Singh
Centre for Advanced Electronic and Communication Engineering, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi 43600, Selangor, Malaysia
Muntasir M. Sheikh
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O.Box. 80200, Jeddah 22254, Saudi Arabia
Rabah W. Aldhaheri
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O.Box. 80200, Jeddah 22254, Saudi Arabia
Md. Shabiul Islam
Faculty of Engineering (FOE), Multimedia University, Persiaran Multimedia, Cyberjaya 63100, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohamed S. Soliman
Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Taif University, P.O. Box 11099, Taif 21944, Saudi Arabia
The concept of nanosatellite technology becomes a viable platform for earth and space observation research to minimize cost and build time for the payload. The communication approach is the essential fundamental attribute of a satellite, of which the antenna is a crucial component for forming a communication link between the nanosatellite and the earth. The nanosatellite antenna must comply with some special requirements like compact size, lightweight, and high gain with a space-compatible structure. This paper proposes a compact metamaterial-based Ku-band antenna with circular polarization for the nanosatellite communication system. The designed antenna obtained an impedance bandwidth of 2.275 GHz with a realized gain of 6.74 dBi and 3 dB axial beamwidth of 165° at 12.10 GHz. The overall antenna size of the designed is 0.51λ × 0.51λ × 0.17λ, which is fabricated on Rogers 5880 substrate material. The antenna results performance has been examined with a 1 U nanosatellite structure and found suitable to integrate with metallic and nonmetallic surfaces of any miniature nanosatellite structure.
