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Juan Marí, Héctor (author)CubeSat missions have been deployed to cislunar space and beyond, paving the way for the next significant advancement: a dedicated CubeSat mission to explore a planet near Earth. To contribute to this goal, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) has developed radiation-hardened small satellite technologies, including communications, power and onboard...master thesis 2023
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Joshika Sachithanandan, Joshika (author)In recent times, there has been a growing interest in spending extended amounts of time in outer space. To enable these endeavors, living and storage spaces will have to be much larger than current technologies can transport and set up in space. An interesting solution to this problem is the usage of a deployable structure that occupies a small...master thesis 2023
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van den Beld, David (author)ADCS magnetometers on board of satellites suffer from the disruptive magnetic field produced by the satellite itself. For CubeSats and PocketQubes this magnetic field is usually not quantified. If the largest magnetic field sources are known and if there is freedom in the magnetometer placement, the magnetometer is simply placed as far from the...master thesis 2023
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Verwer, Steven (author)The thesis explores designing an attitude and orbital control system for an autonomous 6U CubeSat near-Earth asteroid fly-by mission, aiming to conceptualize an off-the-shelf solution. It addresses selecting propulsion systems for interplanetary travel, reaction wheel desaturation, and attitude control during the mission.<br/><br/>Through a fuel...master thesis 2023
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Dijks, Jasper (author)Space radiation monitoring plays an important role in space system engineering. The radiation environment in space has a significant effect on the design considerations of spacecraft. During this thesis performed at CERN, there was research conducted on the Space RadMon-NG payload. The payload is designed as radiation monitor for CubeSats,...master thesis 2023
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Callejon Cantero, M. (author), Pastor-Rodriguez, A. (author), Siemes, C. (author)The uncertainty on Thermospheric Mass Density (TMD), as derived from atmospheric models, can reach extremely high values. This effect is noteworthy in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), where atmospheric drag is the main perturbing force, as well as the most uncertain. LEO harbours almost 18,000 space objects at the end of 2021, around 60% of the total...conference paper 2023
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Langbroek, M. (author), Bassa, Cees (author), Molczan, Ted (author)Meaningful SSA work on earth-orbiting satellites can be done on a shoe-string budget, with modest, off the shelf equipment. This has been shown by an informal group of self-funded Independent Space Observers (“ISO’s”) organized around the Seesat-L mailing list. Literally from their backyards, they track some 200 “classified” objects – objects...conference paper 2023
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Speretta, S. (author), Uludag, M.S. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Ferrario, Ivan (author)The last years saw the diffusion of nano, pico and femto satellite missions launched by multiple entities thanks to the launch cost reduction and the electronics miniaturization. Such missions usually present limited capabilities in terms of precise orbit determination and extremely small radar and optical cross-sections. Often these missions...conference paper 2023
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Cervone, A. (author), Topputo, F. (author), Franzese, V. (author), Pérez-Silva, A. Rodríguez (author), Leon, B. Benavent (author), Garcia, B. Delmas (author), Minacapilli, P. (author), Rosa, P. (author), Bay, G. (author), Radu, S. (author)The paper presents the initial outcomes of a project, currently ongoing under the supervision of the European Space Agency, having the main objective to specify and design a Fault Detection Isolation and Recovery (FDIR) system by making use of relevant RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety) analyses for missions in non...journal article 2023
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Casini, S. (author), Cervone, A. (author), Monna, G.L.E. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author)Line-of-Sight (LoS) navigation is an optical navigation technique that exploits the direction to visible celestial bodies, obtained from an onboard imaging system, to estimate the position and velocity of a spacecraft. The directions are fed to an estimation filter, where they are matched with the actual position of the observed bodies,...journal article 2023
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Cervone, A. (author)This chapter discusses the current status of chemical and cold gas micro-propulsion systems for small satellites, with a particular focus on CubeSats. Initially, a short historical background is presented, focusing specifically on the precursor cold gas systems developed and demonstrated on small spacecraft in the decade 2000-10. A brief...book chapter 2023
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van Berkel, S.L. (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Jung-Kubiak, Cecile (author), Chattopadhyay, Goutam (author)The development of a low focal number and low-mass lens antenna is presented that enables terahertz spectroscopy applications on ultracompact platforms. The antenna operates efficiently over a 20% fractional bandwidth, from 450 to 550 GHz, with a gain of 50 dBi at 500 GHz. The antenna consists of a hyperbolic silicon lens that is placed in a...journal article 2023
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Dunbar, Sean (author)In recent years an exciting new era of space exploration has begun with the advent of the beyond Earth orbit CubeSat (BEOC) missions. However, utilizing the CubeSat platform for such missions gives rise to a series of significant technological challenges. Fortunately, the field of inflatable space structures offers some tantalizing solutions to...master thesis 2022
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Ravichandran, Rahul (author)CubeSats have risen in popularity since its first launch in the year 2003. The low mass, lower launch cost, lower development cost, possibility for piggyback with larger satellites and lower development time involved compared to larger satellites have opened them to be commercialised by private companies. In contrast to being used for...master thesis 2022
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Cervone, A. (author), Topputo, F. (author), Speretta, S. (author), Menicucci, A. (author), Turan, E. (author), Di Lizia, P. (author), Massari, M. (author), Costa, E. (author), Bertels, E. (author)The Earth-Moon system is constantly bombarded by meteoroids of different size and impact speed. Observation of the impacts on the Moon can enable thorough characterization of the Lunar meteoroid flux, which is similar to that of the Earth. While Earth-based Lunar observations are restricted by weather, geometric and illumination conditions, a...journal article 2022
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De Meyere, William (author)The harsh space radiation environment affects both satellite equipment and astronauts. Although a lot of research on this environment has been performed, knowledge gaps remain. One of the main issues is the lack of data with a large spatial and temporal coverage. This can be resolved by the development of simple, compact, cheap but yet precise...master thesis 2022
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Mingione, Fabio (author)Reaction wheels are often the main contributor to microvibrations on satellites. These vibrations are a source of pointing errors and therefore need to be limited as much as possible. The miniaturization trend in the space industry and universities fostered the production of very small reaction wheels, suited to Cubesat and PocketQube scales. A...master thesis 2022
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Giordano, Antonio (author)Interplanetary CubeSat missions enable low-cost exploration missions, in which the design of a primary propulsion system becomes crucial. Emphasis is put on an autonomous Mars mission starting from a parking orbit around Earth: chemical propulsion systems are characterized by high thrust levels and allow fast Earth escape manoeuvres. In recent...master thesis 2022
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Vanhamel, J. (author), Eaton, Nicholas (author), Spreij, Roemer (author)Currently, the amount of space debris is increasing rapidly due to the tremendous amount of satellite launches. Having an autonomous re-entry system aboard satellites at their end-of life, creates possibilities in the frame of lowering space debris, as well as for sample return from space. This paper aims at describing two possible deployment...conference paper 2022