RFID Applications For Metrology ...

Abstracts for the Gossamer Spacecraft Exploratory Research and Technology

... "It is envisioned that integrated into the solar sail next to each antenna are flexible, single-chip, solar-powered, low noise amplifier and signal processing circuits together with a Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag will radiate the measurement results to the spacecraft bus. The Phase I effort will evaluate RFID designs and configurations for performing sail metrology, and will identify viable plasma wave and dust detection sensor configurations for solar sail spacecraft. " ...