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Small Communication Satellites: A Promising Space Industry Needing Insurance
International Review of Law, 2021 The small satellite industry has experienced unprecedented growth over the past four years. Nearly two hundred (200) small satellites were launched, with a weight ranging from one (1) to (50) kilograms.
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3U CubeSat mechanical design and subsystems
Acta PolytechnicaIn this paper, an in-depth analysis of the mechanical design and integration of the 3U CubeSat subsystems is presented, a common form factor in the small satellite community.
Mohammad Suhel Karkun
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Low-Profile Aperture-Coupled Patch Antenna Array for CubeSat Applications
IEEE Access, 2020 This paper presents the design, simulation, and measurement results of a dual aperture-coupled microstripline-fed antenna array with circular polarization at the C-band for small satellites applications.
Patricia Bouca +3 more
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Multidisciplinary Design Optimization of a Two-Stage LOX/Methane Partially Reusable Microlauncher
AerospaceWith support from the Romanian Nucleu Program, INCAS has taken the initiative to develop a multidisciplinary optimization (MDO) environment capable of generating reusable microlauncher concepts that could be used as the first building blocks in the ...
Alexandru-Iulian Onel +4 more
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Applied SciencesSmall satellites provide cost-effective platforms for environmental monitoring. Open-source commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hyperspectral payloads, such as those launched with HYPSO-1 and -2, have a ground sampling distance (GSD) of 100 m.
Henrik H. Øvrebø +6 more
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Flexible Surface Reflector Antenna for Small Satellites
AerospaceA novel deployable reflector antenna for small satellites has been designed, fabricated, and experimentally validated. The reflector utilizes a doubly curved flexible surface manufactured from a triaxially woven fabric-reinforced silicone (TWFS ...
Dong-Seok Kang +9 more
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SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 2017 Due to advances in mission complexity and increased requirements for autonomous control of small satellites, high-level computing performance of on-board computers, as well as the necessary software implementation to maintain essential functionality, is ...
Tomohiro Narumi +2 more
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A Study of Cislunar-Based Small Satellite Constellations with Sustainable Autonomy
AerospaceThe Cislunar economy is thriving with innovative space systems and operation techniques to enhance and uplift the traditional approaches significantly. This paper brings about an approach for sustainable small satellite constellations to retain autonomy ...
Mohammed Irfan Rashed, Hyochoong Bang
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JWST Spectrophotometry of the Small Satellites of Uranus and Neptune
The Planetary Science JournalWe use 1.4–4.6 μ m multiband photometry of the small inner Uranian and Neptunian satellites obtained with the James Webb Space Telescope’s near-infrared imager NIRCam to characterize their surface compositions.
Matthew Belyakov +4 more
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X-Band Dual Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna With High Gain for Small Satellites
IEEE Access, 2019 This paper presents an X-band circularly polarized patch antenna with a simulated high gain of 12.5 dBi and a simulated side-lobe-level of below -20 dB, within the bandwidth of 5.2%.
Paolo Squadrito +2 more
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