Peer-Reviewed Articles
Omar-Thumb The Drag Maneuvering Device for the Semi-Passive Three-Axis Attitude Stabilization of Low Earth Orbit Nanosatellites

Sanny R. Omar, Camilo Riano-Rios, and Riccardo Bevilacqua – University of Florida, Advanced Autonomous Multiple Spacecraft Lab, Gainesville, FL US

JoSS, Vol. 10, No. 01 (Feb. 2021) pp. 943–957
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Sternberg-Thumb-1 Pre-Launch Testing of the Lunar Flashlight (LF) CubeSat GNC System

David C. Sternberg, Peter C. Lai, Aadil Rizvi, Kevin F. Ortega, Kevin D. Lo, Philippe C. Adell, and John D. Baker – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA US

JoSS, Vol. 10, No. 01 (Feb. 2021) pp. 959–981
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Preliminary Thermal Validation Tests for Education-Class CubeSats and Weather-Balloon Payloads

Lingqi Li and Kenjiro S. Lay – Penn State University, State College, PA, US; Masataka Okutsu – Penn State University Abington, Abington, PA US

JoSS, Vol. 10, No. 01 (Feb. 2021) pp. 983–993
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Lessons Learned Using Iridium to Communicate with a CubeSat in Low Earth Orbit

Vincent J. Riot, Lance M. Simms, and Darrell Carter – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA US

JoSS, Vol. 10, No. 01 (Feb. 2021) pp. 995–1006
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Letter to the Editor
LtE-Thumb A Solar-powered Outer Solar System SmallSat (OS4) Architecture Defined

Robert L. Staehle (PI), Alessandra Babuscia, Yuri Beregovski, Nacer Chahat, Steve Chien, Corey Cochrane, Courtney Duncan, Henry Garrett, Damon Landau, Paulett Liewer, Pantazis Mouroulis, Neil Murphy, Adrian Tang, and Team Xc – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, CA US; Profs. Jordi Puig-Suari and John Bellardo, and students Cole Gillespie, Nick Bonafede, Michael Fernandez, Maya Gordon, Cassandra Kraver, Daniel Leon, Liam Mages, Aviv Maish, Lucas Martos-Repath, Sydney Retzlaff, and Zachary Stednitz – California Polytechnic University, CA US; Kian Crowley – Crowley Aerospace Consulting; Mihir Desai – Southwest Research Institute; Prof. Jekan Thangavelautham – University of Arizona, AZ US

JoSS, Vol. 09, No. 03 (Sep. 2020) pp. 937–942
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Peer-Reviewed Article

Dickmann-Thumb Automated Periapsis Time Estimation for the Aerodynamic Deorbit Experiment

Samantha R. Dickmann and David A. Spencer – Purdue University, IN US; Brandon A. Smail – Northrop Grumman, Promontory, UT US

JoSS, Vol. 09, No. 03 (Sep. 2020) pp. 921–935
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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Manandhar-Thumb Towards Rectifying the Effect on Image Registration of Pointing Inaccuracies in Nanosatellites Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks

Prajowal Manandhar, Adham M. Alkhaja, Prashanth R. Marpu, and Zeyar Aung – Khalifa University, Masdar City Campus, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

JoSS, Vol. 09, No. 02 (Jun. 2020) pp. 897–910
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Holmlund-Thumb Control Electronics for High Wavelength Accuracy in a Nanosatellite Hyperspectral Imager

Christer Holmlund, Antti Näsilä, and Jussi Mäkynen – VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd, Espoo, Finland

JoSS, Vol. 09, No. 02 (Jun. 2020) pp. 911–920
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Shortening of Delivery Time for University-Class Lean Satellites

Kiran K. Pradhan and Mengu Cho – Laboratory of Space Environment Interaction Engineering (LaSEINE), Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

JoSS, Vol. 09, No. 01 (Jan. 2020) pp. 881–896
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