CubeSat evolution: Analyzing CubeSat capabilities for conducting science missions

A Poghosyan, A Golkar - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Traditionally, the space industry produced large and sophisticated spacecraft handcrafted by
large teams of engineers and budgets within the reach of only a few large government …

A survey on formation control of small satellites

GP Liu, S Zhang - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper comprehensively reviews the state-of-the-art development in formation control of
small satellites. Satellite formation flying, distributed satellite systems, and fractionated …

Autonomous satellite wildfire detection using hyperspectral imagery and neural networks: A case study on australian wildfire

K Thangavel, D Spiller, R Sabatini, S Amici… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
One of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals is climate action (SDG-13),
and wildfire is among the catastrophic events that both impact climate change and are …

Toward data collection and transmission in 6G space–air–ground integrated networks: Cooperative HAP and LEO satellite schemes

Z Jia, M Sheng, J Li, Z Han - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The space–air–ground integrated network (SAGIN)-related issues are attractive in the sixth
generation (6G) technologies, which facilitate the global coverage and seamless service …

Machine learning-based resource allocation in satellite networks supporting internet of remote things

D Zhou, M Sheng, Y Wang, J Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Satellite networks have been regarded as a promising architecture for supporting the
Internet of remote things (IoRT) due to their advantages of wide coverage and high …

[HTML][HTML] Artificial intelligence for trusted autonomous satellite operations

K Thangavel, R Sabatini, A Gardi, K Ranasinghe… - Progress in Aerospace …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
for aerospace applications have brought about new opportunities for the fast-growing …

VNF-based service provision in software defined LEO satellite networks

Z Jia, M Sheng, J Li, D Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks will play important roles in the sixth generation (6G)
communication system. Software defined network technique is a novel approach introduced …

Distributed earth satellite systems: What is needed to move forward?

D Selva, A Golkar, O Korobova, IL Cruz… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2017 - arc.aiaa.org
EARTH-CENTRIC spacecraft have been designed for decades as monolithic systems, which
are highly integrated systems conceived to fulfill a set of goals satisfying certain user needs …

[HTML][HTML] Autonomous trajectory optimisation for intelligent satellite systems and space traffic management

E Lagona, S Hilton, A Afful, A Gardi, R Sabatini - Acta Astronautica, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), sensing and computing technologies
have led to the development of new promising concept for the safe and efficient operation of …

Mission aware contact plan design in resource-limited small satellite networks

D Zhou, M Sheng, X Wang, C Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small satellite networks (SSNs) are playing an increasing role in nowadays earth
observation due to their less development cost and energy consumption. In SSNs, it is …