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Roberto Scigliano, Valeria De Simone, Roberta Fusaro, Davide Ferretto and Nicole Viola
The design of integrated and highly efficient solutions for thermal management is a key capability for different aerospace products, ranging from civil aircraft using hydrogen on board to miniaturized satellites. In particular, this paper discloses a nov...
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Dillon O?Reilly, Georg Herdrich, Felix Schäfer, Christoph Montag, Simon P. Worden, Peter Meaney and Darren F. Kavanagh
Pulsed plasma thrusters (PPT) have demonstrated enormous potential since the 1960s. One major shortcoming is their low thrust efficiency, typically <30%. Most of these losses are due to joule heating, while some can be attributed to poor efficiency of th...
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Athul Pradeepkumar Girija, Sarag J. Saikia and James M. Longuski
Small satellite constellations in multiple-inclination, low-circular orbits around Mars and Venus have the potential to perform a range of high-value science investigations within cost-constrained missions. A major challenge for small satellites is that ...
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Haohan Li and Xiyun Hou
Autonomous navigation and orbit determination are key problems of asteroid exploration missions. Inter-satellite range link is a type of measurement widely used in the orbit determination of Earth satellites, but not so widely used in missions around sma...
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Liang Gong, Fei Huang, Wei Zhang, Yanming Li and Chengliang Liu
Photosynthesis is one of the key issues for vertical cultivation in plant factories, and efficient natural sunlight utilization requires predicting the light falling on each seedbed in a real-time manner. However, public weather services neither provide ...
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Jhonny Uscategui, Xinsheng Wang, Gerson Cuba and María Guarirapa
Small satellites with academic missions in low Earth orbit (LEO) employ magnetic attitude control systems primarily due to their ease of development and low cost. These systems utilize magnetorquers to generate a magnetic moment that interacts with Earth...
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Vladimir S. Aslanov and Dmitry A. Sizov
With the growing popularity of small satellites, the interaction with the air in low and especially in very low Earth orbits becomes a significant resource for passive angular stabilisation. However, the possibility of spin motion remains a considerable ...
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Qi Shi, Daheng Wang, Wen Chen, Jinpei Yu, Weiting Zhou, Jun Zou and Guangzu Liu
Satellite image compression technology plays an important role in the development of space science. As optical sensors on satellites become more sophisticated, high-resolution and high-fidelity satellite images will occupy more storage. This raises the r...
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Yidi Wei, Yongcun Cheng, Xiaobin Yin, Qing Xu, Jiangchen Ke and Xueding Li
Detailed information about mangroves is crucial for ecological and environmental protection and sustainable development. It is difficult to capture small patches of mangroves from satellite images with relatively low to medium resolution. In this study, ...
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Juyu Wang, Shenyi Zhang, Guohong Shen, Ying Sun, Binquan Zhang, Zheng Chang, Chunqin Wang, Donghui Hou and Zhe Yang
Based on orbit detection data acquired by a positive channel Metal Oxide Semiconductor (PMOS) dose detectors on FY4-A (GEO), BD3-M15 (MEO), and YH1-01A (LEO) between November 2018 and November 2022, investigations reveal variations in total dose and the ...
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