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Architecting CubeSat constellations for messaging service, Part II
(2025-01)
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Open AccessData collection and exchange stand as a cornerstone technology driving the advancement of technological development over recent decades. However, many remote and hard-to-reach regions remain devoid of terrestrial communication ... -
Numerical analysis of laminar velocity-forced premixed slit flames using modal decomposition techniques
(Elsevier, 2024-11)
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Restricted access - publisher's policyThe relation between Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD), Dynamic Mode Decomposition (DMD) and Flame Transfer Functions (FTF) is explored to gain further insight into the dynamics of two-dimensional laminar slit flames ... -
Inter-Satellite Link Prediction with Supervised Learning: An Application in Polar Orbits
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-07-04)
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Open AccessDistributed space systems are increasingly valued in the space industry, as they enhance mission performance through collaborative efforts and resource sharing among multiple heterogeneous satellites. Additionally, enabling ... -
A computational methodology for invariant manifold connections between quasi-periodic libration point orbits in non-autonomous problems
(Elsevier, 2024-09-03)
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Restricted access - publisher's policySemi-analytical and numerical techniques to systematically analyze and compute natural connections between quasi-periodic orbits associated to non-autonomous systems are considered. Focusing in the non-autonomous Sun–Earth+Moon ... -
3Cat-8 mission: a 6-Unit CubeSat for ionospheric multisensing and technology demonstration test-bed
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-11-01)
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Open AccessThis paper presents the mission analysis of 3Cat-8, a 6-Unit CubeSat mission being developed by the UPC NanoSat Lab for ionospheric research. The primary objective of the mission is to monitor the ionospheric scintillation ... -
Computing and sharing the differential deformation of the ground at a continental level using public EGMS data
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-02-02)
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Open AccessThe European Ground Motion Service (EGMS), part of the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service, detects and measures land displacement on a European scale. This service provides reliable and consistent information regarding ... -
Advantages of computing ROTI from single-frequency L1 carrier-phase measurements of geodetic receivers operating at 1 Hz
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2024)
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Open AccessThe customary procedure to compute the rate of total electron content index (ROTI) presents some limitations when using the geometry-free (GF) combination of Global Positioning System (GPS) L1 and L2 carriers tracked by ... -
Architecting CubeSat constellations for messaging service, Part I
(2024-10-01)
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Open AccessIn today’s modern and globalized world, connectivity is a key factor for businesses, production facilities, sensor networks, and ordinary people. However, there are still populated areas which are not covered by ground-based ... -
The 3Cat-4 spacecraft thermal analysis and thermal vacuum test campaign results
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-09-30)
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Open Access3Cat-4 is the fourth member of the CubeSat series of UPC’s NanoSat Lab, and it was selected by the ESA Academy’s Fly Your Satellite! program in 2017. This mission aims at demonstrating the capabilities of nano-satellites, ... -
Assessment of noise of MEMS IMU sensors of different grades for GNSS/IMU navigation
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2024-03-19)
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Open AccessInertial measurement units (IMUs) are key components of various applications including navigation, robotics, aerospace, and automotive systems. IMU sensor characteristics have a significant impact on the accuracy and ... -
Towards a second life for Zombie Satellites: Anomaly occurrence and potential recycling assessment
(2024-04)
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Open AccessThousands of rockets, spaceships, and satellites have been launched, resulting in a steady increase in the number of space debris notably in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and Geostationary Orbit (GEO). Among the objects comprising ... -
SOD2D: A GPU-enabled spectral finite elements method for compressible scale-resolving simulations
(2024-04)
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Open AccessAs new supercomputer architectures become more heavily focused on using hardware accelerators, in particular general-purpose graphical processors, it is therefore relevant that algorithms for computational fluid dynamics, ...