Onto optimization of TTC patch antennas placed on minispacecraft

This paper presents the approach to optimal TTC patch antennas placement onboard minispacrafts. The construction of the antennas is briefly discussed and chosen schemes of antennas placement are introduced. Influence of solar panels is also investigated and countermeasures against failure of their deployment are proposed. The results of the analysis were obtained with the use of Moment Method simulations and measurements. Alternative, computationally more efficient ray-tracing method is mentioned and compared with full-wave simulations.