Design of Modular Power Management and Attitude Control Subsystems for a Microsatellite by Anwar Ali, Shoaib Ahmed Khan, M. Usman Khan, Haider Ali, M. Rizwan Mughal, Jaan Praks

“…The Electric Power System (EPS) and attitude control system (ACS) are the essential components of any satellite. EPS and ACS efficiency and compactness are substantial for the proper operation and performance of the satellite’s entire mission life. …”
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Global Warming: The Balance of Evidence and Its Policy Implications by Charles Keller

“…Of particular interest are advances that seem to explain why satellites do not see as much warming as surface instruments, how we are getting a good idea of recent paleoclimates, and why the 20th century temperature record was so complex. …”
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The Three-Dimensional Structure of Transatlantic African Dust Transport: A New Perspective from CALIPSO LIDAR Measurements by Dong Liu, Yingjian Wang, Zhien Wang, Jun Zhou

“…We analyzed over two years of LIDAR measurements from NASA’s CALIPSO and CloudSat satellites to document the vertical pathways of transatlantic transport of Saharan dust. …”
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Numerical simulation for large baseline interferometric imaging altimeter by Jie Liu, Bo Liu, Xiaonan An, Haifeng Kou, Bing Li

“…Nevertheless, current payload capacity and satellite hardware limitations prevent the extension of the interferometric baseline by enlarging the physical antenna size. …”
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Review of Fast Solar Jets and Coronal Mass Ejections by Sima Zeighami, Ehsan Tavabi

“…Then various effects are observed, as shock waves and massive geomagnetic storms that disrupt satellites and power grids. Today, using the advancements of ground and space technology, the solar surface can be easily observed. …”
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Investigating Potential Causes for the Prediction of Spurious Magnetopause Crossings at Geosynchronous Orbit in MHD Simulations by Pauline M. Dredger, Ramon E. Lopez, Yaireska M. Collado‐Vega, Shreeya Khurana, Lutz M. Rastaetter

“…Abstract During intense geomagnetic storms, the magnetopause can move in as far as geosynchronous orbit, leaving the satellites in that orbit out in the magnetosheath. Spacecraft operators turn to numerical models to predict the response of the magnetopause to solar wind conditions, but the predictions of the models are not always accurate. …”
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Daily Plasmaspheric TEC Variations From COSMIC GPS Observations Based on RBF Neural Network‐Kriging Method by Qiqi Shi, Shuanggen Jin, Linlin Li

“…Abstract The low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite provides valuable direct observations for scientific investigation of the plasmasphere, while the plasmaspheric total electron content (PTEC) with a high temporal resolution cannot be precisely estimated due to fewer LEO satellites. …”
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Numerical Calculations of Charging Threshold at GEO Altitudes With Two Temperature Non‐Extensive Electrons by Saba Javed, Nazish Rubab, Sadia Zaheer, Stefaan Poedts, Ghulam Jaffer

“…Abstract Surface charging at geosynchronous altitude is one of the major concerns for satellites and spacecrafts. Spacecraft anomalies are often associated with extreme surface charging events, especially during substorms in which the GEO plasma is better modeled as two temperatures non‐Maxwellian plasma. …”
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Assessment of Accuracy of COSMIC and KOMPSAT Radio Occultation Temperature and Pressure by Descalzo Karl Philippe A., Macalalad Ernest P.

“…Radio Occultation is a technique used by orbiting satellites to measure planetary atmosphere properties like temperature, pressure, and water vapor. …”
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Magnetopause Standoff Position Changes and Geosynchronous Orbit Crossings: Models and Observations by Y. M. Collado‐Vega, P. Dredger, R. E. Lopez, S. Khurana, L. Rastaetter, D. Sibeck, M. Anastopulos

“…The magnetopause position prediction and response time to the solar wind changes is then compared to extreme solar wind conditions where magnetopause crossing of geosynchronous orbit have been observed by the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellites. Rigorous analysis/comparison of observations and models is critical in determining magnetosphere dynamics for model validation. …”
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CM SAF Oransal Bulut Kapalılığı (CFC) Verisinin Başarımı ve Doğu Anadolu Gözlemevi (DAG) Yerleşkesi için Analizi by Cahit Yeşilyaprak, Kazım Kaba

“…EUMETSAT’ın (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites; Avrupa Birliği Meteorolojik Uydu İşletme Teşkilatı) denetim ve koordinasyonunda olan CM SAF (Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring; İklim Yönetimi Üzerine Uydu Uygulama Birimi), METEOSAT verilerinden iklimsel çalışmalar için atmosferimize ait çeşitli veri setleri üretmektedir. …”
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Combining of the H/A/Alpha and Freeman–Durden Polarization Decomposition Methods for Soil Moisture Retrieval from Full-Polarization Radarsat-2 Data by Qiuxia Xie, Qingyan Meng, Linlin Zhang, Chunmei Wang, Qiao Wang, Shaohua Zhao

“…As crops grow, the associated vegetation seriously affects the ability of satellites to retrieve SM data. Here, we collected such data at different growth stages of maize using Bragg and X-Bragg scattering models based on the Freeman–Durden polarization decomposition method. …”
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Spectral enhancement of PlanetScope using Sentinel-2 images to estimate soybean yield and seed composition by Supria Sarkar, Vasit Sagan, Sourav Bhadra, Felix B. Fritschi

“…Capturing phenological developments that influence seed composition requires frequent satellite observations at higher spatial and spectral resolutions. …”
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U.S. plans to internationalize the containment of the USSR in the Balkans in the first half of the 1950s by A. A. Kalinin

“…In the Balkans, the Americans were mostly afraid of the aggression of Soviet “satellites” against Greece and Yugoslavia. In response, in the early 1950s the United States formed a new security model in the Balkans, which based on a differentiated approach: Greece became a member of NATO, while Yugoslavia entered the anti-Soviet Balkan Pact affiliated with NATO. …”
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Changes of Soil Moisture from Multiple Sources during 1988–2010 in the Yellow River Basin, China by Dan Lou, Guojie Wang, Chan Shan, Daniel Fiifi T. Hagan, Waheed Ullah, Dawei Shi

“…The spatiotemporal variations of soil moisture from multiple sources during 1988–2010 are evaluated against in situ observations in the Yellow River basin, China, including the Essential Climate Variable satellite’s passive microwave product (SMECV), ERA-Interim reanalysis (SMERA), the National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Department of Energy’s Reanalysis-2 (SMNCEP), and the Variable Infiltration Capacity model products (SMVIC). …”
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Weedy plants at Ugolnye Kopi Village, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Area by E. G. Nikolin

“…Penetration of adventive plant species, human satellites, into this area is very limited. There has been no previous information about the composition of the synanthropic flora at Ugolnye Kopi Village. …”
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Monitoring Sea Ice in Liaodong Bay of Bohai Sea during the Freezing Period of 2017/2018 Using Sentinel-2 Remote Sensing Data by Zhiyong Wang, Peilei Sun, Lihua Wang, Mengyue Zhang, Zihao Wang

“…Using the remote sensing data of eight satellite overpasses acquired from Sentinel-2A/B satellites, the distribution and area of the different sea ice types in Liaodong Bay during the freezing period of 2017/2018 were obtained. …”
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Evolution of CpG-islands by means of tandem duplications by V. N. Babenko, Y. L. Orlov, Zh. T. Isakova, D. A. Antonov, M. I. Voevoda

“…We also underline the unique genomic segment, which is DXZ4 mega satellite, in q arm of chromosome X, also falling into the category of CpG-islands which evolved by tandem duplications rounds.…”
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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

“…In this paper, we present an analysis of the current situation regarding CubeSats worldwide, through the use of a dataset built to encompass information about these satellites. The overall success rate of the CubeSat missions is increasing over time. …”
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Assessment of Using Field‐Aligned Currents to Drive the Global Ionosphere Thermosphere Model: A Case Study for the 2013 St Patrick’s Day Geomagnetic Storm by Qingyu Zhu, Gang Lu, Astrid Maute, Yue Deng, Brian Anderson

“…It is found that the cross‐track ion drift measured by the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program satellites can be well reproduced in the FAC‐driven simulation when the electron precipitation pattern obtained from Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics (AMIE) technique is used in GITM. …”
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