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Gill, E.K.A. (author), Sundaramoorthy, P. (author), Bouwmeester, J. (author), Zandbergen, B. (author), Reinhard, R. (author)QB50 is a mission establishing an international network of 50 nano-satellites for multi-point, in-situ measurements in the lower thermosphere and re-entry research. As part of the QB50 mission, the Delft University of Technology intends to contribute two nano-satellites both being equipped with a highly miniaturized propulsion system in addition...conference paper 2010
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Maessen, D.C. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)This paper presents an investigation into the relative state estimation and observability for two formation flying satellites using two different relative navigation sensor sets. The first set consists out of a transmitter antenna on one satellite and a single receiver antenna on the other satellite to measure the inter-satellite range using a...conference paper 2010
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Maessen, D.C. (author), Guo, J. (author), Gill, E. (author), Laan, E. (author), Moon, S. (author), Zheng, G.T. (author)The paper treats the mission design for the Dutch-Chinese FAST (Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology demonstration) mission. The space segment of the 2.5 year mission consists out of two formation flying micro-satellites. During the mission, new technologies will be demonstrated and, using spectropolarimeter and altimeter payloads on...conference paper 2009