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CubeSats and small satellites are emerging as low-cost tools for performing science and exploration in deep space. These new classes of satellite exploit the latest advancement in miniaturization of electronics, power systems, and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-31 Stephen R. Schwartz , Shota Ichikawa , Pranay Gankidi , Nalik Kenia , Graham Dektorand Jekan Thangavelautham

We propose a fleet of nanosatellites to perform an all-sky monitoring and timing based localisation of gamma-ray transients. The fleet of at least nine 3U cubesats shall be equipped with large and thin CsI(Tl) scintillator based soft…

High-altitude balloon experiments are becoming very popular among universities and research institutes as they can be used for testing instruments eventually intended for space, and for simple astronomical observations of Solar System…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 Akaash Srikanth , Bharat Chandra , Binukumar G Nair , Nirmal K , Margarita Safonova , Shanti Prabha , Rekhesh Mohan , Jayant Murthy , Rajini G. K

HERMES (High Energy Rapid Modular Ensemble of Satellites) Technological and Scientific pathfinder is a space borne mission based on a LEO constellation of nano-satellites. The 3U CubeSat buses host new miniaturized detectors to probe the…

The wide availability of Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) electronics that can withstand Low Earth Orbit conditions has opened avenue for wide deployment of CubeSats and small-satellites. CubeSats thanks to their low developmental and launch…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-09-10 Steve Morad , Ravi Teja Nallapu , Himangshu Kalita , Byon Kwon , Vishnu Reddy , Roberto Furfaro , Erik Asphaug , Jekan Thangavelautham

AcubeSAT is an open-source CubeSat mission aiming to explore the effects of microgravity and radiation on eukaryotic cells using a compact microfluidic LoC platform. It is developed by SpaceDot, a volunteer, interdisciplinary student team…

CubeSat technology is an emerging alternative to large-scale space telescopes due to its short development time and cost-effectiveness. MeVCube is a proposed CubeSat mission to study the least explored MeV gamma-ray sky, also known as the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-07-11 Akash Kumar Saha

Gamma-Ray Integrated Detectors (GRID) mission is a student project designed to use multiple gamma-ray detectors carried by nanosatellites (CubeSats), forming a full-time all-sky gamma-ray detection network that monitors the transient…

The Near Ultraviolet Transient Explorer (NUTEx) is a CubeSat-based near-ultraviolet (NUV) imaging payload designed for transient sky surveys and is currently under development. CubeSats are compact and cost-effective satellite platforms…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-17 Shubham Ghatul , Rekhesh Mohan , Jayant Murthy , Margarita Safonova , Praveen Kumar , Maheswar Gopinathan , Shubhangi Jain , Mahesh Babu S

The low-energy $\gamma$-ray (0.1-30 MeV) sky has been relatively unexplored since the decommissioning of the COMPTEL instrument on the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO) satellite in 2000. However, the study of this part of the energy…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-03-26 Kees de Kuijper , Rishank Diwan , Partha Sarathi Pal , Andreas Ritter , Pablo M. Saz Parkinson , Andy C. T. Kong , Quentin A. Parker

The timing-based localization, which utilize the triangulation principle with the different arrival time of gamma-ray photons, with a fleet of Cubesats is a unique and powerful solution for the future all-sky gamma-ray observation, which is…

AcubeSAT is an open-source CubeSat mission aiming to explore the effects of microgravity and radiation on eukaryotic cells using a compact microfluidic lab-on-a-chip platform. It is developed by SpaceDot, a volunteer, interdisciplinary…

Since the early 2000' years, the CubeSats have been growing and getting more and more "space" in the Space industry. Their short development schedule, low cost equipment and piggyback launches create a new way to access the space, provide…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Carlos Leandro Gomes Batista , Fátima Mattiello-Francisco

The miniaturization of electronics, sensors and actuators has enabled the growing use of CubeSats and sub-20 kg spacecraft. Their reduced mass and volume has the potential to translate into significant reductions in required propellant and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-27 Himangshu Kalita , Jekan Thangavelautham

A fleet of nanosatellites using precise timing synchronization provided by the Global Positioning System is a new concept for monitoring the gamma-ray sky that can achieve both all-sky coverage and good localization accuracy. We are…

To enable space-based quantum key distribution proposals the Centre for Quantum Technologies is developing a source of entangled photons ruggedized to survive deployment in space and greatly miniaturised so that it conforms to the strict…

The Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS) is a NASA-funded 6U-CubeSat mission designed to monitor ultraviolet (UV) radiation from low-mass stars. These stars' relatively high-frequency and high-energy UV flares significantly affect…

The integration of CubeSats with Free Space Optical (FSO) links accelerates a major advancement in high-throughput, low-Earth orbit communication systems. However, CubeSats face challenges such as size, weight, and power (SWaP) limitations,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-28 Hossein Safi , Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Julian Cheng , Iman Tavakkolnia , Harald Haas

CubeSat is a nanosatellite concept emerged from a paper published by Stanford University and with their low cost nature and extreme feasibility , more started researching on nano satellites. New technology emerged , paving path to many…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2024-08-31 Pallewela R. C. K , Rohana Thilakuamra , Prabath Buddhika

Different arguments were being presented in the last decade about CubeSats and their applications. Some of them address wireless communication (5G and 6G technologies) trying to achieve better characteristics as coverage and connectivity.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Carlos L G Batista , Fatima Mattiello-Francisco , Andras Pataricza