High-Level Project Summary
Generally, we use satellite technology to observe the earth. But it is difficult to get real-time data and obverse specific places for students as well as young researchers. So, In addition to satellite observations, we designed a square microstrip patch antenna to observe the earth's numerical value and unknown life existence. Our designed antenna’s resonating frequency is 5.8 GHz.We designed a microstrip patch antenna and dummy earth surface using NASA resources. For that, we got 2 types of results. One with a dummy earth surface and one without a dummy earth surface, by analyzing the difference between the two results we understand the earth's numerical value.
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Detailed Project Description
Among these twenty-two challenges, we have taken "EARTH DATA ANALYSIS DEVELOPERS WANTED!" Our innovation includes software designed to provide an innovative way to explore Earth observation with the help of NASA visualization data. Earth observation from space has enabled the monitoring and modeling of processes on Earth's surface, as well as their integration with the atmosphere. And combining permittivity, electrical conductance, density, and other data from a station, sensor, and model simulation, we can now monitor our planet.
Why is it important?
According to our acceptance of the challenge Numerous Earth visualization applications use available Earth observation data to help us understand our planet, but some of these applications could be augmented to be even more useful. So, we are developing an alternative way to observe our planet as well as other planets. Generally, we use satellite technology to observe the earth. But it is difficult to get real-time data and obverse specific places for students as well as young researchers. So, In addition to satellite observations, we designed a square microstrip patch antenna to observe the earth's numerical value and unknown life existence. Our designed antenna’s resonating frequency is 5.8 GHz. The proposed design was developed at a minimum frequency of 5 GHz and a maximum frequency of 6 GHz. To simulate the performance of the proposed antenna, we used CST Microwave Studio and, in the end, we will monitor E-field, H-field, and Far-field for data analysis. This antenna will help analyze Earth data for education and research purposes in an easy way.
Project explanation
Analyzing NASA visualization data, we got permittivity, electrical conductance, density, and other data about the earth's surface layers. The CST Studio Suite covers a wide range of electromagnetic analyses. With regard to antenna design, we can create or import geometry directly in the software interface, and with the help of this data, we created a dummy surface to identify numerical measurements.
After the simulation run, we got two types of h-field: e-field and far-field. one with a dummy earth surface and one without a dummy earth surface By analyzing the difference between the two results, we understand the earth's numerical value. Once a specific shape is selected, the antenna will estimate the size parameters that will give us something that operates at the frequency bands and/or radiation patterns that were called out by the specification. We can estimate the performance of the chosen antenna then make a small pinch to the size parameters and compare the results. In the display, The results that we are interested in are the Gain Far-field and the S-Parameters. You can see that we can produce a 3D view of the Gain Far-field as well as a plot showing the S-Parameter for the reflection coefficient in the center of the frequency specification of 5 to 6 GHz.
Impact
Students and young researchers are facing lots of problems identifying specific earth numerical values, and we think this project will help them solve their problems.
Full project explanation video:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1tBf7keZ-L-qOzo65svJZl2NgBILoJzPE?usp=sharing
Related project & Future scope
Besides, in the future, in the case of rover missions on other planets, we may replace the rover scientific subsystem(Since the science sub-systems are very heavy) with this antenna to identify life's existence and planate observation.
Fig: Team Onushondhan's(Active members of AIUB Robotic Crew) Mars Rover which was selected for the University Rover Challenge - The Mars Society's 2022 final round competition.
In the future, we want set up our customize antenna(after fabrication) in our Rover.
Space Agency Data
To create Earth's dummy surface we analyzed NASA visualization data and got permittivity, electrical conductance, density, and other data about earth's surface layers. with the help of this data, we created a dummy surface to identify numerical measurements.
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/
https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/web/tutorials/
Fig: Some collected data from NASA open source to create a dummy earth surface in CST microwave studio.
Hackathon Journey
It was very challenging and interesting for us. The challenges are created by NASA members for hackathon. These tasks cover a wide range of subjects and inspire our community of writers, scientists, designers, engineers, and other professionals to use their ideas and come up with novel solutions!
NASA's Space Apps Challenge has grown to become the largest global hackathon in history. Each year, thousands of people from all over the world participate in the 48-hour event to collaborate with NASA on developing creative solutions for problems utilizing open-source data.
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#CST #Antenna #Microwave #RF_Technology #Numerical_value #Observation