February 2018
Growth drivers, requirements and threats in the smallsat industry
.... Nanosatellites (up to 10 kg) will continue to take the greatest share. Microsatellites (10-200 kg), however, are becoming the standard mass classification for mega-constellations. DIWATA-1 satellite is deployed from outside of the Japanese Kibo...
February 2018
CubeSats changing the landscape for ‘app’ developers
...others. USB is now a small, simple, and robust industry standard for the connection of computer peripherals. Hot swapping is taken for ...Instead, they develop their apps against well-defined standard interfaces that are the same across most smartphones...
March 2018
Mapping the dark universe
.... Euclid spacecraft overview. Timeline and concept The Euclid operations phases can be broken down into the standard mission phases, i.e. Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP), commissioning, routine operations with an optional mission extension...
April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
...alternative types of antenna in his paper, ‘CubeSat Communication and Frequency Past Practice and Current Trends’ [6] such as standard patch antennas for X and S bands, deployable antennas developed by Boeing, inflatable antennas developed at MIT and...
May 2018
Challenging the boundaries of materials science
...Initial screening test methods have been well defined in standards issued by NASA, the American Society for Testing and... Pure tin as a solderable coating is now a standard finish for electronic component terminations and printed circuit boards despite...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... joined together making them about the size of a standard briefcase and these diminutive spacecraft are currently cruising along ... stature of MarCO means that certain modifications to otherwise standard technology have been made, in order to give the...
