OICC Press Majlesi Journal of Electrical Engineering 2345-3796 19 2 (June 2025) 2025 06 01 A Survey on Metasurface-Based Antennas for CubeSat Spacecrafts 10.57647/j.mjee.2025.1902.42 EN Boutaina Benhmimou LPHE-MS, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V in Rabat (UM5), Rabat, Morocco https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8726-7661 Fouad Omari LPHE-MS, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V in Rabat (UM5), Rabat, Morocco Nancy Gupta ECE Department, Lyallpur Khalsa College Technical Campus, Jalandhar, Punjab, India Khalid El Khadiri Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences El Jadida, University Chouaib Doukkali (CDU), El Jadida, Morocco Rachid Ahl Laamara LPHE-MS, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V in Rabat (UM5), Rabat, Morocco Mohamed El Bakkali LPHE-MS, Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed V in Rabat (UM5), Rabat  AND  Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences El Jadida, University Chouaib Doukkali (CDU), El Jadida, Morocco Journal Article 2025 06 01 The Present CubeSat project success rate may deter nonprofit organizations from beginning new projects, especially for first-time creators. However, since the electronic components of a CubeSat are intended to be very power-efficient and tightly placed, its size and electrical characteristics provide a more difficult limitation. The CubeSat antennas are key parts that will need to be carefully designed since they need to be tiny, light, and deployable for bigger antennas. This study provides an extensive overview of the key characteristics of metasurface-based antennas with an emphasis on their effectiveness in CubeSat communication systems. This research work initially introduces metasurface antennas and examines how well-suited they are geometrically for various frequency bands for CubeSat spacecraft. Furthermore, a detailed analysis of these metasurface antennas’ radiating capabilities is conducted in accordance with the CubeSat configuration, links, and orbits. Additionally, over thirty X-band metasurface-based antennas are fully evaluated in terms of their suitability for CubeSats. The use of specifically designed metasurfaces has resulted in a notable increase in CubeSat antenna performance. This paper offers an emerging approach for researchers to advance the usage of metasurface-based antennas in CubeSat missions such as UM5-Ribat and UM5-EOSAT CubeSats of University Mohammed V in Rabat.