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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Letter to the Editor

Space Access: Still the Major Issue for the Small Satellite Community

Kirk Woellert – Aerospace Consultant, Washington, DC

JoSS, Vol. 01, No. 02 (Oct. 2012) pp. 45–47
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Peer-Reviewed Articles

FASTRAC Early Flight Results

Sebastián Muñoz, Richard W. Hornbuckle, and E. Glenn Lightsey – Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, TX US

JoSS, Vol. 01, No. 02 (Oct. 2012) pp. 49–61
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Development of A Modular, Cold Gas Propulsion System for Small Satellite Applications

Steven Arestie, E. Glenn Lightsey, Brian Hudson – Dept. of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin, TX US

JoSS, Vol. 01, No. 02 (Oct. 2012) pp. 63–74
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Foreword

Welcoming Remarks

Adarsh Deepak, PhD – Managing Editor, Journal of Small Satellites (JoSS), Hampton, VA US

JoSS, Vol. 01, No. 01 (Jan. 2012) pp. 1–2
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Feature Article

Thinking Outside the Box: Space Science Beyond the CubeSat

Ravi A. Deepak – Taksha Institute, Hampton, VA US; Robert J. Twiggs – Morehead State University, KY US

JoSS, Vol. 01, No. 01 (Jan. 2012) pp. 3–6
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Peer-Reviewed Articles

Using a Balloon Flight for End-to-End Testing of a Nanosatellite Mission

Stephen Horan, Robert Hull, and Lawrence Alvarez – R. Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM US

JoSS, Vol. 01, No. 01 (Jan. 2012) pp. 7–16
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Limitations of Hyperspectral Earth Observation on Small Satellites

Alberto G. Villafranca, Jordi Corbera, Francisco Martin, and Juan Fernando Marchan – Programa Català d’Observació de la Terra, Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya (PCOT/ICC)

JoSS, Vol. 01, No. 01 (Jan. 2012) pp. 17–24
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Design, Development and Test of Engineering Models of Tethered Nanosatellites to Observe the Solar Corona

S. Chiesa, V. Chille, S. Corpino, A. Rougier, F. Stesina, and Nicole Viola – Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

JoSS, Vol. 01, No. 01 (Jan. 2012) pp. 25–35
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