MAXWELL

MAXWELL
MAXWELL
Satellite name MAXWELL
Type CubeSat
Units or mass 6U
Status not launched, expected in 2024
Launcher not launched
Organization University of Colorado Boulder
Institution University
Entity type Academic / Education
Nation US
Launch brokerer NASA CSLI / ELaNa
Partners MMA Design
Oneliner

Demonstrate X-band communication and reflectarray system compatible with the NASA Near-Earth Network.

Description

Demonstrate a high rate communication system that is compatible with the NASA Near-Earth Network. It will utilize a CU-developed X-band communication system and a 1m deployable reflectarray antenna from MMA Design.

Test a novel Deployable High Gain Reflectarray (DaHGR)4 antenna which will employ a 1 m2 reflectarray. The secondary goal is to mature and demonstrate a 200kbps S-band uplink that includes Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) capabilities. This mission will raise the TRL of the XTx radio, S-band receiver and T-DaHGR antenna to TRL 9.

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COTS subsystems
  • TRANSMITTER - NearSpace Launch GlobalStar Simplex 3
Subsystems sources [1]
Keywords Reflectarray, Deployable parabolic antenna

Last modified: 2023-12-15

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