The rapid advancements in satellite technology have been inextricably bound up with the support provided by sophisticated space folding mechanisms. In addition, with the rapid progression of space ...

A satellite antenna the width of a small car, folded down to fit inside a box barely larger than a loaf of bread. That is the engineering trick a team at the Institute of Science Tokyo has pulled off ...

An origami-inspired reflectarray antenna developed by researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo enables CubeSats to achieve high antenna gain while fitting within the tight size constraints of small ...

A 10cm cube that unfolds to a 2.5-metre array has launched to space in a successful demonstration of next-generation “origami” satellites. The cubesat was one of eight satellites on Japanese space ...

Researchers developed and tested a deployable antenna for the 3U CubeSat OrigamiSat-2. Weighing only 64 grams and achieving a storage ratio of 265%, the antenna enables CubeSats to transmit data at ...

A Japanese folding has proven itself in space: an origami antenna, compact at launch, deployed to reach 25 times its original ...