The role of low-cost robots in the future of spaceflight

PE Glick, JB Balaram, MR Davidson, E Lyons… - Science Robotics, 2024 - science.org
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[HTML][HTML] Inter-satellite tracking methods and applications: A comprehensive survey

R Jain, S Speretta, D Dirkx, E Gill - Advances in Space Research, 2024 - Elsevier
The accurate measurement of inter-satellite distances is fundamental to the successful
operation of distributed spacecraft missions, facilitating diverse applications ranging from …

The HERMES-technologic and scientific pathfinder

F Fiore, L Burderi, M Lavagna… - … 2020: Ultraviolet to …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
HERMES-TP/SP is a constellation of six 3U nano-satellites hosting simple but innovative X-
ray detectors for the monitoring of Cosmic High Energy transients such as Gamma Ray …

GRID: a student project to monitor the transient gamma-ray sky in the multi-messenger astronomy era

J Wen, X Long, X Zheng, Y An, Z Cai, J Cang… - Experimental …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) is a space mission concept dedicated
to monitoring the transient gamma-ray sky in the energy range from 10 keV to 2 MeV using …

A dynamic testbed for nanosatellites attitude verification

D Modenini, A Bahu, G Curzi, A Togni - Aerospace, 2020 - mdpi.com
To enable a reliable verification of attitude determination and control systems for
nanosatellites, the environment of low Earth orbits with almost disturbance-free rotational …

Localisation of gamma-ray bursts from the combined SpIRIT+ HERMES-TP/SP nano-satellite constellation

M Thomas, M Trenti, A Sanna, R Campana… - Publications of the …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Multi-messenger observations of the transient sky to detect cosmic explosions and
counterparts of gravitational wave mergers critically rely on orbiting wide-FoV telescopes to …

A compact instrument for gamma-ray burst detection on a Cubesat platform II: Detailed design, assembly and validation

D Murphy, A Ulyanov, S McBreen, J Mangan… - Experimental …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Gamma-ray Module, GMOD, is a miniaturised novel gamma-ray detector which
will be the primary scientific payload on the Educational Irish Research Satellite (EIRSAT-1) …

GRBAlpha: a 1U CubeSat mission for validating timing-based gamma-ray burst localization

A Pál, M Ohno, L Mészáros, N Werner… - … 2020: Ultraviolet to …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
GRBAlpha is a 1U CubeSat mission with an expected launch date in the first half of 2021. It
carries a 75× 75× 5 mm CsI (Tl) scintillator, read out by a dual-channel multi-pixel photon …

Enhanced localization of transients based on a novel cross-correlation method

S Xiao, SL Xiong, SN Zhang, LM Song… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Locating gamma-ray transients including gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and soft gamma
repeater (SGR) bursts is of great importance in multi-messenger and multi-wavelength …

In-orbit radiation damage characterization of SiPMs in the GRID-02 CubeSat detector

X Zheng, H Gao, J Wen, M Zeng, X Pan, D Xu… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) have been used in several space-borne missions,
owing to their solid state, compact size, low operating voltage, and insensitivity to magnetic …