Letter to the Editor

CubeSat Risk Management Tools

Katharine Brumbaugh Gamble, PhD Candidate and NDSEG Fellow, Austin, TX US

JoSS, Vol. 04, No. 01 (Jun. 2015) p. 283
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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Photocells for Small Satellite, Single-axis Attitude Determination

David J. Richie, D. Michael Sobers, Jr., Neo Ching Leng Frederick, and Tan Chin Sian – Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Espoo, Finland

JoSS, Vol. 04, No. 01 (Jun. 2015) pp. 285–299
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Using Hobby Prototyping Boards and Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) Components for Developing Low-cost, Fast-delivery Satellite Subsystems

Kimmo Karvinen, Tuomas Tikka, and Jaan Praks – Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Espoo, Finland

JoSS, Vol. 04, No. 01 (Jun. 2015) pp. 301–314
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A Dynamic, Hardware-in-the-Loop, Three-Axis Simulator of Spacecraft Attitude Maneuvering with Nanosatellite Dimensions

Simone Chesi – University of California-Santa Cruz, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Dept., CA US; Octavio Perez, and Marcello Romano – Naval Postgraduate School, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept., Monterey, CA US

JoSS, Vol. 04, No. 01 (Jun. 2015) pp. 315–328
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Peer-Reviewed Articles

A Deployable Membrane Telescope Payload for CubeSats

Michael E. Dearborn, Geoff P. Andersen, Olha Asmolova, Richard L. Balthazor, Matthew G. McHarg, Heather C. Nelson, Trey S. Quiller, Gabe R. Wilson – USAF Academy Dept. of Physics, Colorado Springs, CO USA; Thomas J. Harvey – MMA Design, LLC, Boulder, CO US; and Thomas W. Murphey – Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Albuquerque, NM US

JoSS, Vol. 03, No. 01 (Jul. 2014) pp. 253–264
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The Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment (CSSWE) On-Orbit Performance

David Gerhardt and Scott E. Palo – University of Colorado at Boulder, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, CO, US; Quintin Schiller, Lauren Blum, Xinlin Li, and Rick Kohnert – University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, CO, US

JoSS, Vol. 03, No. 01 (Jul. 2014) pp. 265–281
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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Integrating Small Satellites into the United States’ K-12 STEM Education Discussion

John D. Moore – Institute for Earth Observations, Palmyra, NJ US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 02 (Dec. 2013) pp. 201–211
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The First One Hundred CubeSats: A Statistical Look

Michael Swartwout – Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 02 (Dec. 2013) pp. 213–233
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Orbit Refinement with the STARE Telescope

Lance M. Simms, Don Phillion, Wim De Vries, Vincent Riot, Brian J. Bauman and Darrell Carter – Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Livermore, CA US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 02 (Dec. 2013) pp. 235–251
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Letters to the Editor

Mission Risk Survey – A Call for Response from the Small Satellite Community

Katharine Brumbaugh and E. Glenn Lightsey

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 83–84
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CubeSats as Innovative Science Platforms

P. Ehrenfreund, R. C. Quinn, and A. J. Ricco

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 79–81
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Featured Article

Bringing Space to Main Street: A Legacy in Space Education – An Interview with Gil Moore

Ravi A. Deepak – Taksha Institute (TI) and Journal of Small Satellites (JoSS), Hampton, VA US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 75–78
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Peer-Reviewed Article


Aerodynamic Stability for CubeSats at ISS Orbit

Samir A. Rawashdeh and James E. Lumpp, Jr. – Space Systems Laboratory, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 85–104
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Controller Gain-Tuning for a Small Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Maneuver Using a Genetic Algorithm

Matthew C. Sorgenfrei and Sanjay S. Joshi – Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Davis, CA US; Amit K. Sanyal – Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM US
JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 105–118
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Autonomous Ocean Current Geolocation from Orbit

Nathalie Védie, David A. Spencer, and Luke Walker – Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Aerospace Engineering, Atlanta, GA US; Michael S. Veto – Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Tempe, AZ US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 119–131
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Evaluation of a Commercial-Off-the-Shelf Fluxgate Magnetometer for Cube Sat Space Magnetometry

Electdom Matandirotya and Robert R. Van Zyl – Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa; Daniel J. Gouws and Elda F. Saunderson – South African National Space Agency: Space Science, Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 133–146
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Application of Risk Management to University CubeSat Missions

Katharine M. Brumbaugh and E. Glenn Lightsey – Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, TX US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 147–160
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Interplanetary CubeSats: Opening the Solar System to a Broad Community at Lower Cost

Robert L. Staehle, Diana Blaney, Hamid Hemmati, Dayton Jones, Andrew Klesh, Paulett Liewer, Joseph Lazio, Martin Wen-Yu Lo, Pantazis Mouroulis, Neil Murphy, Paula J. Pingree, and Thor Wilson – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA US; Brian Anderson and C. Channing Chow II – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA US; Bruce Betts and Louis Friedman – The Planetary Society, Pasadena, CA US; Jordi Puig- Suari and Austin Williams – California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA US; Tomas Svitek – Stellar Exploration, Inc., San Luis Obispo, CA US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 161–186
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Link Analysis Methodology for Secondary Payloads

Sarah E. Walker, Jenny R. Kelly, and David A. Spencer – Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Aerospace Engineering, Atlanta, GA US

JoSS, Vol. 02, No. 01 (Jul. 2013) pp. 187–200
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