The team monitored performance by sending signals to and from the 3D-printed antenna and the balloon's planned communications ...

The need for lightweight, high-performing, and easy-to-produce antennas is rising, and one of them is 3D-printed antennas.

Point the antenna at the passing satellite ... 3D-printed parts turned out to be the Achille’s heel. At the 1:40 mark in the video below (in German with English subtitles), the hefty dish ...

NASA 3D prints antennas - controlling electromagnetic and mechanical properties - for space-to-Earth communication using a Fortify printer.

The antenna he presents is a hybrid design, needed because of the 2.4-GHz band uplink and 10-GHz downlink on the satellite, also known as QO-100. Both require a largish dish antenna, with the ...