CubeSats and Small Satellites by Jeremy Straub, Michael Swartwout, Miguel Nunes, Vaios Lappas

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Experiences with the GPS in Unstabilized CubeSat by Pavel Kovar

“…The paper summarizes the experiences with the operation of the piNAV GPS receiver in a 1U unstabilized CubeSat operated on LEO orbit. piNAV L1 is a GPS receiver developed by an author for small satellite missions. …”
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Towards the Thousandth CubeSat: A Statistical Overview by Thyrso Villela, Cesar A. Costa, Alessandra M. Brandão, Fernando T. Bueno, Rodrigo Leonardi

“…CubeSats have become an interesting innovation in the space sector. …”
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Electromechanical flight stabilization system for CubeSat nanosatellites by Fausto R. Freire, Karla E. Mora

“…The mechanical system was designed in SolidWorks, then a CubeSat 3U CAD was downloaded for simulation and finally, all CAD designs were assembled. …”
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Design and manufacture of CubeSat-type nanosatellite thermal subsystem by Braulio Peraza-Acosta, Jesús Irán Grageda-Arellano, Carlos Couder-Castañeda, Jaime Meléndez-Martínez, Diego Alfredo Padilla-Pérez, Arturo Solis-Santome

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Design and Implementation of 3U CubeSat Platform Architecture by Sua Song, Hongrae Kim, Young-Keun Chang

“…This paper describes the main concept and development of a standard platform architecture of 3U Cube Satellite, whose design and performance were implemented and verified through the development of KAUSAT-5 3U CubeSat. The 3U standard platform is built in 1.5U size and developed as a modular concept to add and expand payloads and attitude control actuators to meet the user’s needs. …”
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High-Resolution Image and Video CubeSat (HiREV): Development of Space Technology Test Platform Using a Low-Cost CubeSat Platform by Dong-Hyun Cho, Won-Sub Choi, Min-Ki Kim, Jin-Hyung Kim, Eunsup Sim, Hae-Dong Kim

“…Despite the emergence of the CubeSat technology worldwide, the CubeSat market in Korea is still in the beginning stages, and a standard testing platform is also in demand. …”
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High-Accuracy and Low-Cost Attitude Measurement Unit of the CubeSat by Haining Ma, Zhengliang Lu, Xiang Zhang, Wenhe Liao, Klaus Briess

“…This paper proposes high-accuracy and reliable attitude measurement methods exclusive for CubeSat with restrictions of low cost, limited space, and low power consumption. …”
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A Low-Cost Photodiode Sun Sensor for CubeSat and Planetary Microrover by Mark A. Post, Junquan Li, Regina Lee

“…This paper presents the development of low-cost methodologies to determine the attitude of a small, CubeSat-class satellite and a microrover relative to the sun's direction. …”
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Thermoelectric Generators Applied as a Power Source in CubeSats: State of the Art by Gabriel Brugues Soares, Jorge Javier Gimenez Ledesma, Eder Andrade da Silva, Oswaldo Hideo Ando Junior

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Data Analysis and Results of the Radiation-Tolerant Collaborative Computer On-Board OPTOS CubeSat by Alberto Martín-Ortega, Santiago Rodríguez, José R. de Mingo, Sergio Ibarmia, Joaquín Rivas, Sergio López-Buedo, Celia López-Ongil, Marta Portela-García

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Physics‐Based Approach to Thermospheric Density Estimation Using CubeSat GPS Data by Shaylah M. Mutschler, Penina Axelrad, Eric K. Sutton, Dallas Masters

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CubeSat’s Deployable Solar Panel with Viscoelastic Multilayered Stiffener for Launch Vibration Attenuation by Shankar Bhattarai, Hongrae Kim, Hyun-Ung Oh

“…Ensuring the structural safety of a deployable solar panel under a severe launch vibration environment is one of the important factors for a successful CubeSat mission. A CubeSat’s deployable solar panel proposed in this study is effective to guarantee the structural safety of solar cells by attenuating launch loads owing to the superior damping characteristic achieved by a multilayered stiffener with viscoelastic acrylic tapes. …”
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An Architecture-Tracking Approach to Evaluate a Modular and Extensible Flight Software for CubeSat Nanosatellites by Carlos E. Gonzalez, Camilo J. Rojas, Alexandre Bergel, Marcos A. Diaz

Subjects: “…CubeSat…”
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On-Orbit Thermal Design and Validation of 1 U Standardized CubeSat of STEP Cube Lab by Soo-Jin Kang, Hyun-Ung Oh

“…The Cube Laboratory for Space Technology Experimental Projects (STEP Cube Lab) is a cube satellite (CubeSat) classified as a pico-class satellite of 1 U (unit) size. …”
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Design of CubeSat-Based Multi-Regional Positioning Navigation and Timing System in Low Earth Orbit by Georgios Tzanoulinos, Nori Ait-Mohammed, Vaios Lappas

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Development of 6 U CubeSat’s Deployable Solar Panel with Burn Wire Triggering Holding and Release Mechanism by Tae-Yong Park, Bong-Geon Chae, Hyun-Ung Oh

“…In the present work, a deployable solar panel based on a burn wire triggering holding and release mechanism was developed for use of 6 U CubeSat. The holding and release mechanism was designed based on a nichrome burn wire cutting method widely used for CubeSat applications. …”
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Design of an Ultrawideband Circularly Polarized Printed Crossed-Dipole Antenna Based on Genetic Algorithms for S-Band CubeSat Applications by Jorge Simon, Hugo Perez-Guerrero, Jorge Sosa-Pedroza, Fabiola Martínez-Zúñiga, Juvenal Villanueva-Maldonado, Jorge Flores-Troncoso, Marco Cardenas-Juarez

“…As in any satellite, onboard antennas for CubeSats are crucial to establish communication with ground stations or other satellites. …”
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Comparisons of Energetic Electron Observations Between FIREBIRD‐II CubeSats and POES/MetOp Satellites From 2018 to 2020 by I. M. Householder, K. A. Duderstadt, J. M. Pettit, A. T. Johnson, C.‐L. Huang, A. B. Crew, D. M. Klumpar, T. Raeder, J. G. Sample, M. Shumko, S. S. Smith, H. E. Spence

“…Results demonstrate the value of high‐resolution differential energy observations of electron precipitation by low‐cost CubeSats such as FIREBIRD‐II, especially during periods of low flux.…”
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A Second-Iteration Square Koch Fractal Slot Antenna for UHF Downlink Telemetry Applications in CubeSat Small Satellites by Jorge Simon, Jorge Flores-Troncoso, Jose Luis Alvarez-Flores, Leonel Soriano-Equigua, Marco Cardenas-Juarez, Armando Arce, Edgar Briones, Jorge Sosa-Pedroza

“…The contribution of this work consists in the use of a fractal geometry to construct a low-cost slot antenna working at UHF frequencies over the limited area of the CubeSat faces and in order to optimize the area for an eventual coexistence with solar cells.…”
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