Small satellite systems enable a whole new class of missions for navigation,
communications, remote sensing, and scientific research for both civilian and military …

CubeSats are a class of pico-satellites that have emerged over the past decade as a cost-
effective alternative to the traditional large satellites to provide space experimentation …

This paper investigates the effect of planetary oblateness and solar radiation pressure on
the orbits of high area-to-mass spacecraft. A planar Hamiltonian model shows the existence …

The computational demands on spacecraft are rapidly increasing. Current on-board
computing components and architectures cannot keep up with the growing requirements …

ADVANCES in miniaturization are enabling the development of microscale “smart-dust”
devices with sensing, computing, and communication capabilities for terrestrial applications …

This paper is concerned with a satellite sensor network, which applies the concept of
terrestrial wireless sensor networks to space. Constellation design and enabling …

A survey on the routing protocols based on ant-like mobile agents is given. These protocols
are often employed in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANET). Mobile Ad Hoc Networks are …

Novel distributed space mission concepts such as fractionation and federation promise to
transform the design and operations approach of future missions. These paradigms require …

Present design processes for satellite networks mainly involve interconnected system
models and their parameter-based simulations without emphasizing high level requirements …

Small satellite systems make space missions for communication, navigation, and scientific
research more realizable and diversified. Small satellites flying in large cluster or …