A roadmap towards a space-based radio telescope for ultra-low frequency radio astronomy

MJ Bentum, MK Verma, RT Rajan, AJ Boonstra… - Advances in Space …, 2020 - Elsevier
The past two decades have witnessed a renewed interest in low frequency radio astronomy,
with a particular focus on frequencies above 30 MHz eg, LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) in …

Space VLBI: from first ideas to operational missions

LI Gurvits - Advances in Space Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The operational period of the first generation of dedicated Space VLBI (SVLBI) missions
commenced in 1997 with the launch of the Japan-led mission VSOP/HALCA and is coming …

Quantifying hinge torque in self-folding, shape memory polymer origami under varying thermal loads

RW Mailen, RM Long, K Parmar, M Indaco… - Applied Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-folding origami actuated by thermally responsive shape memory polymers (SMPs)
presents a promising mechanism for the deployment of space structures. Pre-strained SMP …

Multimessenger emission from tidal waves in neutron star oceans

AG Sullivan, LMB Alves, GO Spence… - Monthly Notices of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Neutron stars in astrophysical binary systems represent exciting sources for multimessenger
astrophysics. A potential source of electromagnetic transients from compact binary systems …

CubeSat array for detection of RF emissions from exoplanets using inter-satellite optical communicators

M de Kok, J Velazco, M Bentum - 2020 IEEE Aerospace …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We are presenting a CubeSat mission concept wherein a large number of small spacecraft
furnished with Ultra-Long Wavelength (ULW) observation antennas is to be implemented to …

Ultra-low-frequency radio astronomy observations from a Seleno-centric orbit: First results of the Longjiang-2 experiment

J Yan, J Wu, LI Gurvits, L Wu, L Deng, F Zhao… - Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
This paper introduces the first results of observations with the Ultra-Long-Wavelength (ULW)—
-Low Frequency Interferometer and Spectrometer (LFIS) on board the selenocentric satellite …

Lessons learned from an NIAC Phase I study for the flat-fabrication of a Dark Ages observatory

M Indaco, K Parmar, R Long… - Journal of …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Flat-fabrication technology may enable the next generation of gigantic deployable
architectures devoted to the detection of faint cosmological signals. We assess the …

Radio interferometers larger than earth: Lessons learned and forward look of space VLBI

LI Gurvits - arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.01230, 2018 - arxiv.org
Extension of radio interferometric baselines into space is inevitable if a diffraction-limited
angular resolution defined by the Earth diameter at a given observing wavelength limits a …

[PDF][PDF] Satellite constellation orbit design to enable a space-based radio interferometer

S Hernandez, JR Stuart, DM Garza, SB Broschart… - 2017 - researchgate.net
Two different design methods for a networked constellation of N small satellites are
presented. In the first method, the (linear) Clohessy-Wilthsire equations are used as an initial …

[PDF][PDF] Energy-aware data routing for disruption tolerant networks in planetary cave exploration

T Vaquero, M Troesch, MS Net… - … on Planning and …, 2019 - icaps19.icaps-conference.org
Exploring subsurface structures with autonomous robots is of growing interest in the context
of planetary caves studies. Communication in these environments can change rapidly as …