Formations of small satellites offer promising perspectives due to improved temporal and
spatial coverage and resolution at reasonable costs. The UWE-program addresses in-orbit …

This thesis investigates potential technologies to increase the integration density of
CubeSats. Observations of the CubeSat market and missions are recorded in order to derive …

The possibility of maintaining a group of picosatellites in a bounded formation using very low-
power electric propulsion (less than 2 W) is presented. A model predictive controller is used …

The picosatellite UWE-3 is the third generation of CubeSats at the University Würzburg. It is
equipped with all necessary satellite systems, among them an advanced attitude …

The University of the Federal Armed Forces (UniBwM) is currently developing an innovative
electric propulsion system for small satellites with extremly low space, mass and power …

Pursuing the ambitious goal to establish formations of cooperating small satellites, the
University of Wuerzburg established a road map for technology implementations leading …

In spacecraft engineering a paradigm shift is emerging with the tendency from traditional,
single, large, and multifunctional satellites towards cooperating, distributed small spacecraft …

NetSat is a mission consisting of four 3Unit+ nano satellites developed at Zentrum fur
Telematik e. V.(ZfT). It aims to demonstrate formation flight concepts for small satellites. It …

Modern embedded technology enables a high level of compute performance at the cost of
little energy. Hence, miniaturized satellite development has begun to rely upon conventional …

Orbit control capabilities are essential to enable future formation flying of pico-satellites,
offering potential for placing efficient sensor networks in orbit. UWE-4 will demonstrate the …