April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
... also innovative smart antenna designs by Zanette et al [7] that provide good solutions for CubeSats. Single versus swarm A swarm of CubeSats in LEO demonstrates advanced cross-link and downlink communications as a low-cost architecture and versatile...
31 October 2016
Swarm constellation helps figure out why satellites lose their GPS signal
...technical challenge being turned into exciting science, a true essence of an Earth Explorer mission such as Swarm,” added Rune Floberghagen, ESA’s Swarm mission manager. “These new findings demonstrate that GPS can be used as a tool for understanding...
11 February 2019
Earth's magnetic north pole is on the move and its going fast
... the British Geological Survey track its changes, ESA’s Swarm constellation has also been tracking the magnetic north pole ...was launched in 2013. “In this model update, the latest Swarm data have been used to provide up-to-date information for users ...
17 December 2018
Innovative mission to view the surface of exoplanets using small sats
... a lens, where it will appear as a ring-like image. The swarm of small sats will be stationed at the focal point ready and waiting ... and CEO. “The technologies involved in the distributed swarm — longevity, agility, autonomy, and self-learning —...
May 2017
India confirms commercial launch intent
... Falcon 9 rocket. The role of this mission was to develop technology that can be sent deep into space in swarms, with each individual satellite beaming back its own stream of information. The Kicksat mothership reached its...
July 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
... belts, that are held in place by Earth’s magnetic poles, are increasingly at risk of being greatly diminished. ESA’s Swarm mission satellites are designed to measure Earth’s magnetosphere. These satellites confirm what we had begun to suspect - that...
