Browsing by Author "Camps Carmona, Adriano José"
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3 Cat-4 mission, 1-Unit CubeSat for earth observation: Evaluation on the qualification and production during Phase D
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe 3Cat-4 mission is a 1-unit CubeSat platform that serves as a technology demonstrator and educational platform for students at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Promoted by the UPC Nanosatellite and Payload ... -
(3)CAT-2: attitude determination and control system for a GNSS-R earth observation 6U CubeSat mission
(2016)
Article
Open AccessThis work describes the attitude determination and control system ( ADCS) of 3 CAT-2, a six-unit CubeSat scheduled for launch this 2016. The ADCS of 3CAT-2 aims at controlling the satellite in orbit and fulfilling the ... -
3Cat-1 project: a multi-payload CubeSat for scientific experiments and technology demonstrators
(2017)
Article
Open AccessThis article introduces 3 Cat-1, the first project of the Technical University of Catalonia to build and launch a nano-satellite. Its main scope is to develop, construct, assemble, test and launch into a low Earth orbit a ... -
3Cat-1: a multi-payload Cubesat-based scientific and technology demonstrator
(European Spatial Agengy (ESA), 2014)
Conference lecture
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3CAT-2, an experimental nano-satellite for GNSS-R earth observation: mission concept and analysis
(2016-10-01)
Article
Open AccessGlobal navigation satellite system reflectometry is a multistatic radar using navigation signals as signals of opportunity. It provides wide-swath and improved spatiotemporal sampling over current space-borne missions. The ... -
3CAT-2: a 6U CibeSat-based multi-constellation, dual-polarization, and dual-frequency GNSS-RO experimental mission
(2015)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyCat-2 Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) activities of the Engineering Model (EM) and the Flight Model (FM) are being carried out at present. The Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) and Flight ... -
3Cat-2: A P(Y) and C/A GNSS-R experimental nano-satellite mission
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policy3Cat-2 is a 6 U CubeSat mission designed to perform ocean altimetry by means of Global Navigation Satellite Systems Reflectometry (GNSS-R). In this paper 3Cat-2 mission is presented. The main payload is the novel dual-band ... -
3Cat-3/MOTS nanosatellite mission for optical multispectral and GNSS-R Earth Observation: concept and analysis
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2018-01-06)
Article
Open AccessThe 3Cat-3/MOTS (3: Cube, Cat: Catalunya, 3: 3rd CubeSat mission/Missió Observació Terra Satèl·lit) mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica ... -
3CAT-3/MOTS, an experimental nanosatellite for multispectra and GNSS-R Earth Observation: Mission concept and analysis
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2017)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe 3 Cat-3/MOTS mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster new and innovative technologies on ... -
3CAT-3/MOTS, an experimental nanosatellite for multispectral and GNSS-R earth observation: airborne optical and GNSS-R campaign
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe 3 Cat-3/MOTS mission is a joint initiative between the Institut Cartogràfic i Geològic de Catalunya (ICGC) and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC) to foster new and innovative technologies on ... -
3Cat-4: combined GNSS-R, L-Band radiometer with RFI mitigation, and AIS receiver for a I-Unit Cubesat based on software defined radio
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe 3 Cat-4 mission aims to demonstrate the capabilities of nano-satellites plus the versatility of a Software Defined Radio for passive Earth Observation. Three different microwave payloads are integrated into a single ... -
A controlled ground-based experiment to assess the capabilities of GNSS-R for marine litter detection in a flume
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
Conference report
Open AccessDetection of marine litter is an urgent task given the large amount of plastics that end up in all water systems. This manuscript provides the description and results obtained from a ground-based Global Navigation Satellite ... -
A CubeSAT payload for in-situ monitoring of pentacene degradation due to atomic oxygen etching in LEO
(2016-09-01)
Article
Open AccessThis paper reports and discusses the design and ground tests of a CubeSat payload which allows to measure, in-situ and in real time, the degradation of a polymer of electronic interest due to atomic oxygen etching in LEO. ... -
A Cubesat-ready phase synchronization digital payload for coherent distributed remote sensing missions
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
Conference report
Open AccessDistributed antenna arrays, fractionated payloads and cooperative platforms can provide unprecedented performance in the next generation of spaceborne communications and remote sensing systems. Remote phase synchronization ... -
A design strategy for phase synchronization in precoding-enabled DVB-S2X user terminals
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2021)
Conference report
Open AccessThis paper address the design of a phase tracking block for the DVB-S2X user terminals in a satellite precoding system. The spectral characteristics of the phase noise introduced by the oscillator, the channel, and the ... -
A downscaling approach for SMOS land observations: evaluation of high-resolution soil moisture maps over the Iberian Peninsula
(2014-09-01)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission is the first satellite devoted to measure the Earth's surface soil moisture. It has a spatial resolution of similar to 40 km and a 3-day revisit. In this paper, a ... -
A downscaling approach to combine SMOS multi-angular and full-polarimetric observations with MODIS VIS/IR data into high resolution soil moisture maps
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyA downscaling algorithmfor SMOS which combines MODIS Visible/Infrared data and SMOS horizontal brightness temperatures at 42.5◦ incidence angle into high-resolution soil moisture maps has been shown to nicely reproduce ... -
A general analysis of the impact of digitization in microwave correlation radiometers
(2011-06)
Article
Open AccessThis study provides a general framework to analyze the effects on correlation radiometers of a generic quantization scheme and sampling process. It reviews, unifies and expands several previous works that focused on these ... -
A generic level 1 simulator for spaceborne GNSS-R missions and application to GEROS-ISS ocean reflectometry
(2017-07-18)
Article
Open AccessIn the past decade Global Navigation Satellites System Reflectometry (GNSS-R) has emerged as a new technique for earth remote sensing for various applications, such as ocean altimetry and sea state monitoring. After the ... -
A generic simulator for aperture synthesis radiometers
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2012)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyESA's SMOS mission has demonstrated that Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radiometers can be a useful tool for Earth observation. Today, the NASA's GeoStar instrument (USA), ESA's GAS instrument (Europe), or CSSAR's GIMS ...
