BioSentinel: A 6U Nanosatellite for Deep-Space Biological Science

Deep Neck Space Infections: A Study of 76 Cases

Introduction: Deep neck space infections (DNSI) are serious diseases that involve several spaces in the neck. The common primary sources of DNSI are dental infections, tonsillar and salivary gland infections, malignancies, and foreign bodies. With widespread use of antibiotics, the prevalence of DNSI has been reduced. Common complications of DNSI include airway obstruction, jugular vein thrombo...

SWIMSat: Space Weather and Meteor Impact Monitoring using a Low-Cost 6U CubeSat

Networks of spacecraft are necessary to characterize and constantly monitor near-Earth threats such as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) from the Sun, or impacts by large meteoroids. A network of CubeSat is ideally suited because of the low development cost and for demonstrating continuous monitoring of rare phenomena. In this paper, we describe the ongoing development of a single prototype spacecr...

Preliminary Parameters for an Experimental Payload for Tropospheric CO2 Measurement Using a Space-borne Lidar 6U Cubesat Platform

This paper investigates the implementation of a downward looking space-borne lidar system to map the concentration of Tropospheric CO2. Lidar has been used to measure greenhouse gases and a variety of trace species, profile winds, and producing high-resolution topographical maps. Sufficiently accurate CO2 mapping can locate and quantify sources and sinks of CO2, thus helping understand the carb...

Smart Nanosatellite Attitude Propagator

Onboard Science Processing and Buffer Management for Intelligent Deep Space Communications

1 0-7803-5846-5/00/$10.00  2000 IEEE Abstract—We present an integrated system for the intelligent progressive transmission of data for deep space communications. This work is motivated by the realization that much more information can be collected by imaging and remote sensing equipment than can be transmitted through downlink channels. Suitable onboard science processing allows us to introduc...