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 ...
19 August 2020
Growing 'dent' in Earth's magnetic field poses problems for satellites
... surface, however last year, using data from their Swarm telescopes, ESA reported that the anomaly was causing technical...processes in Earth’s core driving these changes. Along with Swarm data, scientists are also using geodynamo models to understand ...
April 2020
Satellite mega-constellations pose threat to ground-based astronomy
... distribution, in order to provide the best ground coverage. The science of orbital mechanics means that such satellite ‘swarms’ cannot be absolutely uniform, such that no satellites will overfly latitudes beyond their orbital inclination and the...
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 —...
