Wireless sensor network as a mesh: Vision and challenges

Z Nurlan, T Zhukabayeva, M Othman, A Adamova… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, network technologies are developing very rapidly. The growing volume of
transmitted information (video, data, VoIP, etc.), the physical growth of networks, and inter …

Low Solar Absorptance, High Emittance Performance Thermochromic VO2-Based Smart Radiator Device

A Hendaoui - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thermochromic vanadium dioxide (VO2)-based smart radiator devices (SRDs) display
emittance variation with changes in temperature, making them very promising for energy …

Use of spacecraft solar panels and Sun sensors for estimation of the Sun-pointing direction in the UPMSat-2 mission

A Porras-Hermoso, J Cubas, S Pindado - Measurement, 2022 - Elsevier
Solar panels are a key component for most spacecraft as they provide energy to the vehicle.
However, their possible use is not limited only to power generation, as they can also be …

On the UPMSat-2 magnetometer's calibration methods performance comparison for poorly conditioned datasets

E Rodríguez-Rojo, J Cubas, S Pindado - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
This article summarises the work related to the calibration methodology of the Attitude,
Control and Determination Subsystem (ADCS) sensors used in the UPMSat-2 mission …

[HTML][HTML] On-orbit performance analysis of spinning spacecraft magnetic control laws. Application to the UPMSat-2 mission

A Porras-Hermoso, J Piqueras, J Cubas… - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper studies the performance of a new magnetic attitude control law developed for the
UPMSat-2 satellite. The UPMSat-2 control law, which is a modification of the B-dot, allows …

Coverage analysis of remote sensing satellites in concurrent design facility

S Marín-Coca, E Roibás-Millán… - Journal of Aerospace …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents a new, accurate, and fast methodology, remote sensing satellites
coverage analysis (RSS-CA) for determining the coverage area of Earth observation …

[HTML][HTML] HERCCULES: A university balloon-borne experiment for BEXUS 32 to characterize the thermal environment in the stratosphere using COTS

D González-Bárcena, B Boado-Cuartero… - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
The thermal analysis of stratospheric balloon payloads is still a complex task due to the
variable thermal environment during the flight phases as well as due to the convective …

Design, Implementation and Testing of Operational Modes in ADCS of a CubeSat

A Sulaiman, H Shahdad, A Alghfeli… - … on Mechanical and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents design, implementation and testing of attitude determination and control
subsystem (ADCS) in CubeSat. The procedures of designing the subsystem are discussed …

The UPMQube: an academic/educational PocketQube proposal for the EU2Space Challenge

E Roibás Millán, JM Álvarez Romero… - Athens Journal of …, 2023 - oa.upm.es
In the present paper, the UPMQube PocketQube proposal for the EU2Space challenge is
described. This proposal has been developed by a group of master's degree students led by …

Error Compensation of a Low-Cost Analogue Sun Sensor for Micro-/Nano-satellites

M Feng, X Hu, X Yu - Advances in Astronautics Science and Technology, 2023 - Springer
The growth of micro-/nano-satellites requires miniaturized sun sensors which could be
applied in the Attitude Determination and Control System easily, conveniently and cheaply …