Multi-switch waveguide image courtesy of Tesat-Spacecom (above)
Design and manufacture passive radio frequency (RF) hardware with efficient, lightweight 3D printed components to guide, filter, modulate, or amplify communications signals from earth to satellite and back
Pushing the Boundaries of Passive RF Hardware Design
Metasurface Antennas
In collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Univ Rennes, CNRS, IETR - UMR 6164, 3D Systems produced several thousand elements of this MTS antenna on a single base plate. Low profile and low mass make this an ideal Ka band antenna type for SmallSats and CubeSats.
Reference: D. González‐Ovejero, O. Yurduseven, G. Chattopadhyay and N. Chahat, “Metasurface Antennas: Flat Antennas for Small Satellites,” in CubeSat Antenna Design , IEEE, 2021, pp.255-313.
Our company has a strong partnership with 3D Systems and has relied on its team of application engineers to help us bring our most advanced designs to life. Everything from the quality of the parts produced using their printers, through to parts qualification, quality management, and overall project management have helped Airbus Defence and Space maintain its position as an industry leader.—Stephen Phipps, OneSat antenna program manager, Airbus Defence and Space
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