Recent technology advances in CMOS image sensors (CIS) enable their utilization in the
most demanding of surveillance fields, especially visual surveillance and intrusion detection …

This paper presents two technology experiments–the plasma brake for deorbiting and the
electric solar wind sail for interplanetary propulsion–on board the ESTCube-2 and …

The electric solar wind sail, or E-sail, is a novel deep space propulsion concept which has
not been demonstrated in space yet. While the solar wind is the authentic operational …

This paper describes the architecture and demonstrates the capabilities of a newly
developed, physically-based imaging simulator environment called SISPO, developed for …

We present a detailed mechanical and thermal analysis of a stand-alone nanospacecraft
that performs asteroid flybys in the main asteroid belt (2.75 AU) and one Earth flyby at the …

Recently, a significant interest in space exploration has emerged, driven by the lack of
resources and the quest for answers to issues like climate change. New technologies give …

This article presents a novel 3‐D shape reconstruction strategy for small solar system bodies
using spaceborne radar which is applied in flyby trajectories to characterize multiple targets …

In this paper, we will present the ongoing work to develop autonomous image capturing
strategies for Optical Periscopic Imager for Comets (OPIC), an instrument onboard the …

Abstract The Comet Interceptor is a joint mission by European Space Agency (ESA) and
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) which seeks to perform a fyby over a Long …