This BAA award is for an electronically steerable, membrane-based dipole array offering roughly an order of magnitude more gain (TBR) than current deployable antenna systems, that enables significantly more data transfer per orbit and increased RF payload capability.
MMA has been awarded a P-Band Deployable Antenna for a CubeSat-based Signals Of Opportunity measurement mission. This effort, supported by NASA Advanced Component Technology (ACT) funding as well as an SBIR award, will demonstrate the viability of a boom-deployed antenna aperture packaged for CubeSat-form-factor space applications.
Prior to this award, MMA developed a 1-meter T-DaHGR antenna under an AFRL SBIR. This follow-on is an X-Band antenna that scales the T-DaHGR to a 5-meter-class aperture suitable for SmallSat/ESPA class missions.