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 …

[HTML][HTML] Latest advances in the global navigation satellite system—reflectometry (GNSS-R) field

N Rodriguez-Alvarez, JF Munoz-Martin, M Morris - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The global navigation satellite system-reflectometry (GNSS-R) field has experienced an
exponential growth as it is becoming relevant to many applications and has captivated the …

[HTML][HTML] High spatio-temporal resolution CYGNSS soil moisture estimates using artificial neural networks

O Eroglu, M Kurum, D Boyd, AC Gurbuz - Remote sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a learning-based, physics-aware soil moisture (SM) retrieval algorithm
for NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) mission. The goal of the …

[HTML][HTML] CubeSat mission: from design to operation

C Nieto-Peroy, MR Emami - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Design, fabrication, testing, launch and operation of a particular
CubeSat are detailed, as a reference for prospective developers of CubeSat missions …

[HTML][HTML] Exploration of multi-mission spaceborne GNSS-R raw IF data sets: Processing, data products and potential applications

W Li, E Cardellach, S Ribó, S Oliveras, A Rius - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Earth reflected Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals can be received by
dedicated orbital receivers for remote sensing and Earth observation (EO) purposes …

GEROS-ISS: GNSS reflectometry, radio occultation, and scatterometry onboard the international space station

J Wickert, E Cardellach, M Martín-Neira… - IEEE Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
GEROS-ISS stands for GNSS REflectometry, radio occultation, and scatterometry onboard
the International Space Station (ISS). It is a scientific experiment, successfully proposed to …

[HTML][HTML] Spaceborne GNSS-R from the SMAP mission: First assessment of polarimetric scatterometry over land and cryosphere

H Carreno-Luengo, S Lowe, C Zuffada, S Esterhuizen… - Remote Sensing, 2017 - mdpi.com
This work describes the first global scale assessment of a Global Navigation Satellite
Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R) experiment performed on-board the Soil Moisture Active …

Revisiting the GNSS-R waveform statistics and its impact on altimetric retrievals

W Li, A Rius, F Fabra, E Cardellach… - … on Geoscience and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper analyzes the ocean altimetry precision of global navigation satellite systems'
reflectometry (GNSS-R) by characterizing the noise statistics of the measured waveform. For …

[HTML][HTML] Snow and ice thickness retrievals using GNSS-R: Preliminary results of the MOSAiC experiment

JF Munoz-Martin, A Perez, A Camps, S Ribó… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The FSSCat mission was the 2017 ESA Sentinel Small Satellite (S⌃ 3) Challenge winner
and the Copernicus Masters competition overall winner. It was successfully launched on 3 …

Dynamic calibration of GPS effective isotropic radiated power for GNSS-reflectometry earth remote sensing

T Wang, CS Ruf, S Gleason, AJ O'Brien… - … on Geoscience and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Reflectometry uses reflected GNSS signals for
Earth remote sensing applications. Absolute calibration of a Delay Doppler Map (DDM) …