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This was in my browser history from earlier this year: https://gizmodo.com/upcoming-cubesat-feature-inflatable-beachball-antenna-1850197655 https://gizmodo.com
by myself248 3y ago
This was in my browser history from earlier this year:
https://gizmodo.com/upcoming-cubesat-feature-inflatable-beachball-antenna-1850197655 https://gizmodo.com/upcoming-cubesat-feature-inflatable-beac...
The military has used them for years on the ground, evidently this is also a nasa spinoff:
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2010/ps_5.html https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2010/ps_5.html
I see the used ones for sale at ham radio flea markets sometimes.