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Joe Vilas

This is is a really good idea. I imagine one could even, say, contour the thickness of the balloon & change the shape to a nonspherical antenna.
gizmodo.com/upcoming-cubesat-f

"Student-Designed Cubesat to Feature Inflatable 'Beachball' Antenna"
"University of Arizona students are behind CatSat, a cereal box-sized satellite that will probe the ionosphere and beam data to Earth with an inflatable antenna."

GizmodoStudent-Designed Cubesat to Feature Inflatable 'Beachball' AntennaBy Kevin Hurler