Browsing by Subject "Astronautics"

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    • 10è Aniversari de la comunitat ciutats Ariane 

      Escola Politècnica Superior de Castelldefels (2008-10-24)
      Audiovisual
      Open Access

    • A stroboscopic control for the confinement of swarms in a spherical domain around the Earth 

      García Taberner, Laura; Masdemont Soler, Josep (2017)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Swarms of spacecraft are an idea that has been growing in interest in the last few years. This work focuses on the strategies and costs for the maintenance of a swarm of a large number of spacecraft in a close neighborhood ...

    • Astronáutica ecológica 

      Barceló Garcia, Miquel (2011-04)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Astrophysical parameter determination using chaotic orbital regions 

      Nicolás Álvarez, Jorge (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-02-27)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   European Space Research and Technology Centre
      The goal of this thesis is to show that chaotic orbits of a dynamical system are advantageous (compared with regularnes) to determine the characteristic parameters of the system, and to give an estimate about the behaviour ...

    • Business roadmap for the European Union in the NewSpace ecosystem: a case study for access to space 

      Rodríguez Donaire, Silvia; GIL MORA, PAULINO; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Crisp, Nicholas H.; HERDRICH, GEORG; Roberts, Peter C.E; KATARIA, DHIREN; HANESSIAN, VIRGINIA; Becedas, Jonathan; SEMINARI, SIMON (2022-10)
      Article
      Open Access
      A business roadmap is a high-level strategic management tool that maps the actions to develop new industries. It serves as a guide to plan and forecast technological, market and product developments in a more operational ...

    • Collaborative Space Design project: A student’s experience 

      Bianchi, Francesco; Ciggaar, Rooderick; Formisani, Ludovica; Harrison, Benjamin; Tamai, Carla; Tunjov, Vassili (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      The student members of the Collaborative Space (systems) Design (CSD) project discuss its implementation and highlight its concepts. The CSD project is an elective course at the MSc Space Flight programme at the Delft ...

    • Demonstration of electromagnetic formation flight and wireless power transfer 

      Porter, Allison K; Allinger, Dustin J; Sedwick, Raymond; Merk, John; Opperman, Roedolph A.; Buck, Alexander; Eslinger, Gregory; Fisher, Peter; Miller, David W; Bou Balust, Elisenda (2014-11-01)
      Article
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      The Resonant Inductive Near-Field Generation System uses a single set of hardware to perform both electromagnetic formation flight and wireless power transfer operations in a six-degree-of-freedom microgravity environment. ...

    • Design and Implementation of a femto-satellite technology demonstrator 

      Kravchenko, Victor (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-07-05)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      The present work is aimed to demonstrate the development and implementation of a scalable femto-satellite technology demonstrator, experimentation and development platform in order to practically prove the possibility ...

    • Design of a planetary aerobot 

      Boix Candil, Álvaro (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07-30)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      The main objective of this project is to design an aerial vehicle which can contribute in planetary research in a more optima l way than the current missions. It has been decided that an aerobot, which consists in a balloon ...

    • Design of a quaternion based ADCS for a small space telescope 

      Martín Millán, Nil (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-07-30)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      This project focuses on the study previous to the development of an Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS) of a small space telescope, the Humble Space Telescope (hST). The ADCS is essential for the telescope ...

    • Development of a SBAS-enabled software for integrity evaluation 

      Sala Vilar, Pol (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2009-02-28)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      This project was developed for Indra Espacio in the context of a feasibility study about the future evolution of the European SBAS system EGNOS. The goal of the project is to add the Satellite Based Augmentation ...

    • Disparos a las estrellas 

      Barceló Garcia, Miquel (2016-06)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Disseny i construcció d'una sonda atmosfèrica 

      Castellà Ayala, David; Fournier Cairó, Yannick (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-11-28)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      The project consists of the construction of a functional meteorological probe, controlled by an Arduino microcontroller. This probe was design to measure pressure and temperature as functions of the altitude. This device ...

    • Economics of the explotation of the resources in celestial bodies 

      Coronado Escudero, Joan (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019)
      Master thesis
      Open Access
      Covenantee:   Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace

    • Els efectes de la radiació espacial sobre components macroscòpics dels éssers humans a òrbites LEO i MEO 

      Verderi Sala, Axel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-09-11)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      En aquest treball es descriu i analitza els efectes de la radiació espacial en diferent parts del cos humà i, en particular, sobre un model de tòrax humà. La principal eina utilitzada és el programari SPENVIS, desenvolupat ...

    • Els projectes de futur de l'agència espacial europea 

      García-Berro Montilla, Enrique (2008-10-24)
      Audiovisual
      Open Access

    • Enhanced vehicle navigation unit with wifi 802.11 ranging and communication capabilities 

      Tappero, Fabrizio; Ciurana Adell, Marc; Batlle, Jordi; Uijt de Haag, Maarten; Martín Escalona, Israel; Fernández Fernández, Daniel (2012)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      This paper discusses the implementation of a modified IEEE 802.11 transceiver that is employed to enhance the positioning capabilities of a traditional vehicle on-board navigation unit (OBU). In this paper, we propose ...

    • ESA Academy activities during COVID-19 

      Kinnaird, Alexander; Vanreusel, Joost; Callens, Natacha; Savage, Nigel; Nuermberger, Maximilian; Aguzzi, Manuela; Van Walleghem, Merel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      The ESA Academy is the ESA Education Office’s overarching programme for university students. The Academy’s portfolio consists of both ‘hands-on’ activities, and a Training and Learning Programme. Conventionally both of ...

    • Estudi dels sistemes d'un globus sonda estratosfèric 

      Terradellas Canadell, Mireia (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-06-12)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision

    • Evaluating the computational capabilities of embedded multicore and GPU platforms for on-board image processing 

      Rodríguez Ferrández, Iván; Kosmidis, Leonidas; Trompouki, Matina Maria; Steenari, David; Cazorla Almeida, Francisco Javier (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      On-board Image Processing is one of the most computationally intensive tasks performed in space payload processing. With the constant increase in the resolution of optical sensors, new powerful architectures are needed for ...