Small satellites and CubeSats: Survey of structures, architectures, and protocols

F Davoli, C Kourogiorgas, M Marchese… - … Journal of Satellite …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The space environment is still challenging but is becoming more and more attractive for an
increasing number of entities. In the second half of the 20th century, a huge amount of funds …

Power budgets for cubesat radios to support ground communications and inter-satellite links

O Popescu - Ieee Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

多刚体系统分离策略及释放动力学研究

罗操群, 孙加亮, 文浩, 胡海岩, 金栋平 - 力学学报, 2020 - lxxb.cstam.org.cn
紧密连接的多刚体系统可在脱离运载航天器后在轨自主分离, 无需多次利用航天器发射装置或在
航天器中安装多个发射装置进行分离释放, 从而有效提高运载航天器空间利用率 …

Designing the communication sub-system for nanosatellite CubeSat missions: Operational and implementation perspectives

O Popescu, JS Harris, DC Popescu - SoutheastCon 2016, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past decade nanosatellites have emerged as a cost-effective alternative to the
traditional large satellite missions, enabling access to space experimentation for universities …

Research on separation strategy and deployment dynamics of a space multi-rigid-body system

L Caoqun, S Jialiang, W Hao, H Haiyan… - Chinese Journal of …, 2020 - lxxb.cstam.org.cn
The paper focuses on the separation and deployment dynamics of an on-orbit compactly
connected multi-rigid-body (MRB) system, which could separate autonomously from a …

LEDSAT: a LED-based CubeSat for optical orbit determination methodologies improvement

G Cialone, P Marzioli, S Masillo… - 2018 5th IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
LEDSAT (LED-based small SATellite) is a 1-Unit CubeSat that will mount Light Emitting
Diodes (LEDs) on its six faces, in order to validate, verify and improve the current …

Nanosatellite constellation deployment using on-board magnetic torquer interaction with space plasma

JH Park, S Matsuzawa, T Inamori, IS Jeung - Advances in Space Research, 2018 - Elsevier
One of the advantages that drive nanosatellite development is the potential of multi-point
observation through constellation operation. However, constellation deployment of …

Safe deployment of cluster-flying nano-satellites using relative E/I vector separation

P Liu, X Chen, Y Zhao - Advances in Space Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Nano-satellites cluster flight has attracted an increasing interest in the domain of distributed
spacecraft system in recent years. As the first phase of a cluster flight mission, on-orbit …

Improved A* Algorithm for Path Planning Based on CubeSats In-Orbit Electromagnetic Transfer System

D Xu, H Yue, Y Zhao, F Yang, J Wu, X Pan, T Tang… - Aerospace, 2024 - mdpi.com
For future large-scale CubeSat applications in orbit, the deployer must accommodate a
greater number of CubeSats and facilitate cluster releases. This paper introduces an …

The Satellites for Auroral Tomography in Space (SATIS) Project: Tomographic Reconstruction of the Auroral Emissions From Space

E Robert, M Barthelemy… - IEEE Journal on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The satellites for auroral tomography in space (SATIS) project is a mission concept that
proposes to perform auroral tomography from space using imagers placed on a …