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Sarris, Theodore E. (author), Tourgaidis, Stelios (author), Pirnaris, Panagiotis (author), Baloukidis, Dimitris (author), Papadakis, Konstantinos (author), Doornbos, Eelco (author), Siemes, C. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author)Daedalus MASE (Mission Assessment through Simulation Exercise) is an open-source package of scientific analysis tools aimed at research in the Lower Thermosphere-Ionosphere (LTI). It was created with the purpose to assess the performance and demonstrate closure of the mission objectives of Daedalus, a mission concept targeting to perform in...journal article 2023
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Siemes, C. (author), Borries, Claudia (author), Bruinsma, S. (author), Fernandez-Gomez, I. (author), Hladczuk, N.A. (author), van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author), Kodikara, T. (author), Vielberg, K. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)We present new neutral mass density and crosswind observations for the CHAMP, GRACE, and GRACE-FO missions, filling the last gaps in our database of accelerometer-derived thermosphere observations. For consistency, we processed the data over the entire lifetime of these missions, noting that the results for GRACE in 2011- 2017 and GRACE-FO...journal article 2023
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Carzana, L. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Heiligers, M.J. (author)Solar sailing is a propellantless propulsion method that takes advantage of solar<br/>radiation pressure to generate thrust. The last decades have seen the launch of<br/>several solar-sail missions to demonstrate the technology’s potential for space<br/>exploration and exploitation. Even more missions are scheduled for launch in<br/>the near...conference paper 2022
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Altiparmaki, O. (author), Kleinherenbrink, M. (author), Naeije, M.C. (author), Slobbe, D.C. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)This article shows the first spectral analysis of fully-focused Synthetic Aperture Radar (FFSAR) altimetry data with the objective of studying backscatter modulations caused by swells. Swell waves distort the backscatter in altimetry radargrams by means of velocity and range bunching. These swell signatures are visible in the tail of the...journal article 2022
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Carzana, L. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Heiligers, M.J. (author)Solar sailing is a spacecraft propulsion method relying solely on solar radiation pressure to provide thrust and is therefore propellantless by nature. Although it represents a practical and promising propulsion system particularly suited for heliocentric flight regimes, the majority of sailcraft missions flown to date have remained Earth...journal article 2022
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Touboul, Pierre (author), Métris, Gilles (author), Rodrigues, Manuel (author), Bergé, Joel (author), Robert, Alain (author), Baghi, Quentin (author), André, Yves (author), Bedouet, Judicael (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)The space mission MICROSCOPE dedicated to the test of the equivalence principle (EP) operated from April 25, 2016 until the deactivation of the satellite on October 16, 2018. In this analysis we compare the free-fall accelerations (a <sub>A</sub> and a <sub>B</sub>) of two test masses in terms of the Eötvös parameter η ( A,B ) = 2 a A − a B a...journal article 2022
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Touboul, Pierre (author), Métris, Gilles (author), Rodrigues, Manuel (author), Bergé, Joel (author), Robert, Alain (author), Baghi, Quentin (author), André, Yves (author), Bedouet, Judicaël (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)The MICROSCOPE mission was designed to test the weak equivalence principle (WEP), stating the equality between the inertial and the gravitational masses, with a precision of 10-15 in terms of the Eötvös ratio η. Its experimental test consisted of comparing the accelerations undergone by two collocated test masses of different compositions as...journal article 2022
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Fernández, Marc (author), Peter, Heike (author), Arnold, Daniel (author), Duan, Bingbing (author), Simons, W.J.F. (author), Wermuth, Martin (author), Hackel, S.F.G. (author), Fernández, Jaime (author), Jäggi, Adrian (author), Hugentobler, Urs (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Féménias, Pierre (author)Copernicus Sentinel–1 is a C-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite mission within the European Copernicus Programme. The two satellites Sentinel-1A and -1B were launched in April 2014 and 2016, respectively. The Copernicus POD (Precise Orbit Determination) Service is responsible for the determination of orbital and auxiliary products...journal article 2022
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Fayolle-Chambe, M.S. (author), Dirkx, D. (author), Lainey, V. (author), Gurvits, L. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)When reconstructing natural satellites' ephemerides from space missions' tracking data, the dynamics of the spacecraft and natural bodies are often solved for separately, in a decoupled manner. Alternatively, the ephemeris generation and spacecraft orbit determination can be performed concurrently. This method directly maps the available data...journal article 2022
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Simons, W.J.F. (author), Broerse, D.B.T. (author), Kleptsova, O.S. (author), Nijholt, N. (author), Pietrzak, J.D. (author), Naeije, M.C. (author), Lhermitte, S.L.M. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Riva, R.E.M. (author)A devastating tsunami struck Palu Bay in the wake of the 28 September 2018 M<sub>w</sub> = 7.5 Palu earthquake (Sulawesi, Indonesia). With a predominantly strike-slip mechanism, the question remains whether this unexpected tsunami was generated by the earthquake itself, or rather by earthquake-induced landslides. In this study we examine the...journal article 2022
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Gurvits, L. (author), Falcke, Heino (author), Frey, Sándor (author), Fromm, Christian M. (author), García-Miró, Cristina (author), Janssen, Michael (author), Masania, K. (author), Rajan, R.T. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)Ultra-high angular resolution in astronomy has always been an important vehicle for making fundamental discoveries. Recent results in direct imaging of the vicinity of the supermassive black hole in the nucleus of the radio galaxy M87 by the millimeter VLBI system Event Horizon Telescope and various pioneering results of the Space VLBI...journal article 2022
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Siemes, C. (author), Maddox, Stephen (author), Carraz, Olivier (author), Cross, Trevor (author), George, Steven (author), van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author), Kiss-Toth, Marton (author), Pastena, Massimiliano (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author)Cold Atom technology has undergone rapid development in recent years and has been demonstrated in space in the form of cold atom scientific experiments and technology demonstrators, but has so far not been used as the fundamental sensor technology in a science mission. The European Space Agency therefore funded a 7-month project to define the...journal article 2022
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Carvajal Godínez, J. (author)Since the launch of the first artificial satellite in October 1957, both satellite computers and their onboard software have changed significantly to integrate more functionalities and making mission operations more reliable. As a result, satellites have become more sophisticated and mission designers have moved functionality from the ground...doctoral thesis 2021
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Gas-surface interactions modelling influence on satellite aerodynamics and thermosphere mass densityMarch, G. (author), van den IJssel, J.A.A. (author), Siemes, C. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Doornbos, Eelco N. (author), Pilinski, Marcin (author)The satellite acceleration data from the CHAMP, GRACE, GOCE, and Swarm missions provide detailed information on the thermosphere density over the last two decades. Recent work on reducing errors in modelling the spacecraft geometry has greatly reduced scale differences between the thermosphere data sets from these missions. However, residual...journal article 2021
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Carzana, L. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Heiligers, M.J. (author)Solar sailing is a spacecraft propulsion method relying solely on solar radiation pressure to provide thrust and is therefore propellantless by nature. Although it represents a practical and promising propulsion system particularly suited for heliocentric flight regimes, near-term sailcraft missions will remain Earth-bound due to the current...conference paper 2021
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Fayolle-Chambe, M.S. (author), Dirkx, D. (author), Visser, P.N.A.M. (author), Lainey, V. (author)Context. The apparent close encounters of two satellites in the plane of the sky, called mutual approximations, have been suggested as a different type of astrometric observation to refine the moons' ephemerides. The main observables are then the central instants of the close encounters, which have the advantage of being free of any scaling...journal article 2021
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Casini, S. (author), Fodde, Iosto (author), Monna, Bert (author), Cervone, A. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)The purpose of this work is to present a novel CubeSat architecture, aimed to explore Near Earth Asteroids. The fast growth in small satellite commercial-off-the-shelf technologies, which characterized the last decade of space industry, is exploited to design a 3U CubeSat able to provide a basic scientific return sufficient to improve the...journal article 2021
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Di Mascio, S. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author), Furano, Gianluca (author), Monteleone, Claudio (author)This paper discusses principles and techniques to evaluate processors for dependable computing in space applications. The focus is on soft errors, which dominate the failure rate of processors in space. Error, failure and propagation models from literature are selected and employed to estimate the failure rate due to soft errors in typical...review 2021
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Leverone, F.K. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Pini, M. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)Small satellites with increased capabilities in terms of power and propulsion are being demanded for future missions. This paper addresses an alternative bi-modal solution which consists of a solar thermal propulsion system coupled with a micro-Organic Rankine Cycle system, to co-generate thrust and electrical power. Current literature on bi...journal article 2021