Spacecraft charging and ion wake formation in the near-Sun environment [PDF]
Physics of Plasmas, 2010 A three-dimensional (3-D), self-consistent code is employed to solve for the static potential structure surrounding a spacecraft in a high photoelectron environment. The numerical solutions show that, under certain conditions, a spacecraft can take on a negative potential in spite of strong photoelectron currents.
David M Malaspina, F S Mozer, J R Wygant
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Equations of Motion of Free-Floating Spacecraft-Manipulator Systems: An Engineer's Tutorial
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2018 The paper provides a step-by-step tutorial on the Generalized Jacobian Matrix (GJM) approach for modeling and simulation of spacecraft-manipulator systems.
Marcello Romano +1 more
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Research of Materials and Manufacturing Technology System for On-orbit Manufacturing [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2023 On-orbit manufacturing is affected by space microgravity, high vacuum, large temperature variation, strong radiation and other environmental factors, which also puts forward new requirements for materials and process methods suitable for on-orbit ...
Jiayong Yan +6 more
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Research on detection method of leakage rate of rough pumping valve in space environment simulator [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 As an important part of the vacuum system in the space environment simulator, the rough pumping system reduces the vacuum degree of the container from atmospheric pressure to the pressure of the high vacuum system when the space environment simulator ...
Yue Wu +5 more
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Detecting Spacecraft Anomalies Using LSTMs and Nonparametric Dynamic Thresholding [PDF]
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, 2018 As spacecraft send back increasing amounts of telemetry data, improved anomaly detection systems are needed to lessen the monitoring burden placed on operations engineers and reduce operational risk.
K. Hundman +4 more
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Development of an X-Band Reflectarray Antenna for Satellite Communications
Scientific Reports, 2021 An X-band reflectarray antenna using 16 × 12 double square ring elements for satellite communications is proposed in this paper. The feed is a 4 × 3 elements microstrip patch array designed to create edge taper of approximately − 10 dB.
Bing Ma +7 more
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Design and validation of a space plasma environment detector for BeiDou navigation satellite
Open Astronomy, 2023 Most of the satellites of the BeiDou navigation system work in geostationary orbit (GEO) and medium earth orbit (MEO), where the space plasma environment can make a severe impact on spacecraft.
Tang Zhenyu +10 more
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MISSION PROFILE AND DESIGN CHALLENGES FOR MARS LANDING EXPLORATION [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 An orbiter and a descent module will be delivered to Mars in the Chinese first Mars exploration mission. The descent module is composed of a landing platform and a rover.
J. Dong +6 more
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A multi‐frequency high‐gain GNSS array antenna for asteroid sampling return
IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, 2022 An almost all‐metal L band multi‐frequency high‐gain GNSS array antenna for an asteroid sampling return mission has been developed for orbit determination.
Zhijia Liu +5 more
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The New Horizons Spacecraft [PDF]
Space Science Reviews, 2008 The New Horizons spacecraft was launched on 19 January 2006. The spacecraft was designed to provide a platform for seven instruments that will collect and return data from Pluto in 2015. The design drew on heritage from previous missions developed at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and other missions such as Ulysses.
Christopher B. Hersman +16 more
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