A broadband circularly polarized Fabry Perot antenna with spatially separated superstrate area excitation for CubeSat applications

Over the past few years, interest in CubeSats and other classes of small satellites has grown exponentially¹. They were initially created as tools for training and education, but they are now also capable of carrying out significant scientific tasks². To gather in-situ data from any space object, they are currently used as the secondary payloads of larger satellites or in sacrificial missions³. Due to the enormous growth in payload capabilities, they can now downlink huge amount of data quickly, including high resolution imagery and other payload data. High gain and broadband antennas are…