Much of what the military does now requires highly secure and reliable networks. Soldiers in the field need to have clear lines of communication with remote operating bases while also maintaining a ...

Image: This complete satellite communication system takes about 45 minutes to set up and 15 minutes to take down. When deflated, the flexible antenna rolls up like a sleeping bag and fits in a case ...

Large spacecraft can have large antennas, but for CubeSats, which are about the size of a shoebox, there is no way to include a large parabolic dish. Most CubeSats use simple dipole antennas, ...

Aug. 13 (UPI) --GATR Technologies has received a $522.5 million contract modification for multiple size Inflatable Satellite Antenna systems, kits, spare parts and training. Work locations and funding ...

The inflatable antenna system enables big data from cubesats and small low-cost spacecraft. The 3-dimensional phased array antenna technology can provide high data rate communication at virtually any ...

University of Arizona students are behind CatSat, a cereal box-sized satellite that will probe the ionosphere and beam data to Earth with an inflatable antenna. Reading time 2 minutes In an attempt to ...

The system was deployed in the Philippines to support recovery operations after Typhoon Haiyan, and the antennas were vital in providing high-bandwidth communications when existing communications ...

Antenna that packs down into a small space. (Courtesy: Alessandra Babuscia) A new type of inflatable antenna has been designed for CubeSats – the miniaturized spacecraft that have reduced the cost of ...

1. MIT have come up with a design that may significantly increase the communication range of small satellites, enabling them to travel much farther in the solar system: The team has built and tested ...

Satellites the size of shoe boxes, which are expected to one day let researchers explore space more economically, will soon have a much longer reach. MIT researchers have built and tested an ...