Browsing by Author "Sinpetru, Luciana A."

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    • ADBSat: Verification and validation of a novel panel method for quick aerodynamic analysis of satellites 

      Sinpetru, Luciana A.; Crisp, Nicholas H.; Roberts, Peter C.E; Sulliotti-Linner, Valeria; Hanessian, Virginia; Herdrichd, Georg H.; Romano, Francesco; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodríguez Donaire, Silvia (2022-06)
      Article
      Open Access
      We present the validation of ADBSat, a novel implementation of the panel method including a fast pseudo-shading algorithm, that can quickly and accurately determine the forces and torques on satellites in free-molecular ...

    • Launch, Operations, and First Experimental Results of the Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research (SOAR) 

      Crisp, Nicholas H.; Macario Rojas, Alejandro; Roberts, Peter C.E; Edmonson, Steve; Haigh, Sarah J.; Holmes, Brandon E.A.; Livadiotti, Sabrina; Oiko, Vitor; Smith, Katharine L.; Sinpetru, Luciana A.; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodríguez Donaire, Silvia; Sureda Anfres, Miquel (International Astronautical Federation, 2021)
      Conference report
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      The Satellite for Orbital Aerodynamics Research (SOAR) is a 3U CubeSat that has been designed to investigate the aerodynamic performance of different materials at low orbital altitudes. The spacecraft has been developed ...