CubeSats have been extensively used in the past decade as scientific tools, technology
demonstrators and for education. Recently, PocketQubes have emerged as an interesting …

Educational purposes have been the trigger for CubeSat development. Most of this class of
nano-satellites where initially developed as hands-on projects at universities and institutes …

Nanosatellites have established their importance in low-Earth orbit (LEO), and it is common
for student teams to build them for educational and technology demonstration purposes. The …

The NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC) is in the business of performing
world-class, space-based, scientific research on various spacecraft platforms, which now …

The orbital maneuver capabilities of several CubeSat propulsion systems are analyzed
using trajectory simulations. Properties of several types of developmental micropropulsion …

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 …

In recent years, satellite design has extended towards miniaturisation to reduce associated
cost with launching and conducting space missions. Small satellites provide low-cost …

Rapid advances in micro/nanotechnology have enabled to achieve high levels of
miniaturization, promoting the development of low cost and highly efficient microsystems for …

We report on the development of a nano-Newton thrust-stand that can measure up to 100
μN thrust from different types of microthrusters with 10 nN resolution. The compact thrust …

Many low-Earth-orbit constellations consist of multiple small satellites that are launched
together in batches, and which make use of differential atmospheric drag for subsequent …