Browsing by Subject "Space flight"

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    • An investigation into cold weld adhesion for spacecraft repair after a space debris impact using space education based sub-orbital sounding rocket platform 

      Wylie, Mark; Barilaro, Leonardo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      It has been observed that similar metallic materials, when in contact and undergoing relative displacements, can fuse or weld. In standard atmospheric conditions it is not common but in the space environment the inability ...

    • Artery in Microgravity (AIM): Assembly, integration, and testing for a student payload for the ISS 

      García Mozos, Luis; Saroya, Devonjit; Roelvink, Yannick; Santos D'Amore, Naël dos; Gabetti, Stefano; Galván Lobo, Jorge; Lobo, Catarina; Joshi, Mrunmayi; Penedo, Guilherme; Rodríguez Encinas, Jorge Alberto; Torta, Elena; Lee, Seungah; Laulan-Souilhac, Baptiste; Mouchel, Roman; Lustro, Sacha; Butin, Alexis; Campos, Mário Gabriel; Passoni, Laura; Avallone, Luigi; Alex, Abin (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2022-04-29)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access
      The Artery in Microgravity (AIM) project was the first experiment to be selected for the “Orbit Your Thesis!” programme of the European Space Agency Academy. It is a 2U cube experiment that will be operated in the International ...

    • Co-channel interference cancellation at the user terminal in multibeam satellite systems 

      Cocco, Giuseppe; Angelone, Martina; Pérez Neira, Ana Isabel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2014)
      Conference report
      Open Access
      We study the applicability of soft interference cancellation in the forward link of commercial multibeam satellite systems with focus on mobile terminals. We adopt a standard currently used in commercial satellite systems ...

    • Design of A Solar Sailing Prototype for Interstellar Journey 

      Bin Imran, Muhammad Nur Ikram (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2020-07-13)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      El objetivo principal de este proyecto es diseñar un prototipo de vela solar que se pueda utilizar para hacer un viaje al espacio exterior, o científicamente llamado Viaje interestelar. Este es un estudio únicamente para ...

    • Design of a spacecraft prototype for interstellar travel using existing methods of propulsion 

      Bin Wan Abd Malik, Wan Muhammad Amir (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-07-13)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Este trabajo tiene como objetivo diseñar un concepto de nave espacial para viajes interestelares que creo que funcionaría mejor. Antes de diseñar la nave espacial, hice un estudio sobre una amplia gama de diferentes métodos ...

    • Disseny d’una sonda espacial per propulsió iònica per un viatge interestel·lar 

      Escoda Soler, Manel (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021-02-04)
      Bachelor thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      L’objectiu principal d’aquest treball és dissenyar una sonda espacial per ser utilitzada en un viatge interestel·lar. El treball es desenvolupa primàriament, fent un estudi de l’estat de l’art dels principals mètodes de ...

    • El viaje interplanetario 

      Barceló Garcia, Miquel (2006-03)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Feasibility study of aerocapture at Mars with an innovative deployable heat shield 

      Isoletta, Giorgio; Grassi, Michele; Fantino, Elena; Torre Sangrà, David de la; Peláez Álvarez, Jesús (2021-06-28)
      Article
      Open Access
      Performing orbital insertion around Mars using aerocapture instead of a propulsive orbit insertion maneuver allows the saving of resources and/or the increase of the payload mass fraction. Aerocapture has never been employed ...

    • In-plane station keeping based on a shift of line of apsides strategy 

      Viñas Tió, Meritxell (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2006-02-27)
      Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
      Open Access
      In the last years, the design of the new spatial missions in several study fields require of higher and more demanding levels of flexibility, autonomy, accuracy and resolution. The achievement of these values implies the ...

    • Intake design for an Atmosphere-Breathing Electric Propulsion system (ABEP) 

      Romano, Francesco; Espinosa-Orozco, J.; Pfeiffer, M.; Herdrichd, Georg H.; Crisp, Nicholas H.; Holmes, Brandon E.A.; Edmonson, Steve; Haigh, Sarah J.; Livadiotti, Sabrina; Macario Rojas, Alejandro; García-Almiñana, Daniel; Rodríguez Donaire, Silvia; Sureda Anfres, Miquel (2021-10)
      Article
      Open Access
      Challenging space missions include those at very low altitudes, where the atmosphere is source of aerodynamic drag on the spacecraft. To extend the lifetime of such missions, an efficient propulsion system is required. One ...

    • La exploración del espacio 

      Barceló Garcia, Miquel (2008-03)
      Article
      Open Access

    • 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
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      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 ...

    • Los primeros viajes espaciales 

      Barceló Garcia, Miquel (2008-02)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Los primeros viajes espaciales 

      Barceló Garcia, Miquel (1995-08)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Low‐cost trajectories using dynamical systems 

      Cors Iglesias, Josep Maria; Barrabés Vera, Esther (Escola Politècnica Superior d’Enginyeria de Manresa, 2010-12-02)
      Conference lecture
      Open Access

    • Mecánica orbital para un viaje interestelar utilizando velas solares 

      Rocas Alonso, Marc; Mendez Heredero, Adrià (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-07-14)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      Es sabido que el espacio es y será objeto de estudios e investigaciones para responder algunas de las preguntas más antiguas de la humanidad. El propósito inicial del trabajo surgió del planteamiento sobre la viabilidad ...

    • Mission control system for a moon analogue 

      Turrion San Pedro, Pablo (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-07-08)
      Master thesis
      Restricted access - author's decision
      Covenantee:   European Space Agency
      Mission control systems (MCS) allow us to perform all the explained above. They are the foundations of any space mission. They give to the flight controllers the possibility of analyse all the telemetry sent by the spacecraft ...

    • Optimized model-based design space exploration of distributed multi-orbit multi-platform Earth observation spacecraft architectures 

      Araguz López, Carles; Llaveria Godoy, David; Lancheros Sepulveda, Estefany Maria; Bou Balust, Elisenda; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Alarcón Cot, Eduardo José; Lluch, I.; Matevosyan, H.; Golkar, Alessandro; Tonetti, Stefania; Cornara, Stefania; Pierotti, S.; Rodríguez Mondelo, Pedro Manuel; Alvaro Sanchez, A.; Narkiewicz, J. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
      Conference report
      Restricted access - publisher's policy
      Satellite architectures where networked, heterogeneous observation nodes capture data in a distributed manner are seen as feasible solutions to address the needs of next-generation Earth observation services (i.e. higher ...

    • Privatización del espacio 

      Barceló Garcia, Miquel (2001-06)
      Article
      Open Access

    • Propuesta de viaje espacial al cinturón de Kuiper 

      Moncada Herrera, Nicolás Orlando (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-10-30)
      Bachelor thesis
      Open Access
      [CASTELLÀ] El objetivo principal del trabajo es elaborar una propuesta de misión espacial para explorar el cinturón de Kuiper, una región del sistema solar situada a 30-55 ua del sol. Para la exploración se plantea el uso ...