Testing and Validation of Transparent Materials for Solar Cell Integrated Satellite Antenna
Mayank, Ville Lunden, Anton Fetzer, Jari Holopainen, Jaan Praks – Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland; Johannes Schumacher – Celestial Space Technologies GmbH, Nürnberg, Germany
Performance and Link Quality of an Advanced Satellite Communications Subsystem and Ground Segment in the 70cm Amateur Radio Band
Michael Taraba and Philipp Geyer – Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information Faculty of Physics University of Vienna, Austria; Thomas Turetschek, Thomas Dorn, Harald Fauland, Pablo Cañamares, Georg Ockermüller, Robert Kralofsky, and Reinhard Tauber – Space Tech Group Austria, STG-A Association for Space Research, Vienna, Austria; Roland Blach – Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Carsten Scharlemann – Aerospace Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Austria
L. Zea , V. Ayerdi, J. Bagur, D. Álvarez, and A. Aguilar-Nadalini – Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala
Dear Editor,
We are honored that the Journal of Small Satellites’ (JoSS’s) first themed issue features Quetzal-1, Guatemala’s first satellite: a 1U CubeSat that operated in orbit from April to November 2020. Of special note, because there are no graduate level engineering programs in Guatemala, this project was undertaken and completed mainly by undergraduate students. Moreover, budget limitations on this pioneering space project required our team to develop several of the satellite’s subsystems in-house. In this context, the project’s leadership is proudest of the fact that Quetzal-1 was developed, tested, and operated by a group of around 100 people averaging 21 years of age, leading to the project’s landmark successes and the laying the foundation for further satellite research and development in Guatemala.
Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Electrical Power System for the Quetzal-1 CubeSat
Aldo Aguilar-Nadalini, Kuk H. Chung, Cecilia Marsicovetere, José A. Bagur, Juan F. Medrano, Emilio Miranda, Víctor Ayerdi, Luis Zea — Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Adarsh Deepak, PhD, Founding Managing Editor of JoSS and Chair of A. Deepak Publishing (ADP) It is with deep sadness that we share with our JoSS friends and supporters news of the December 5, 2022 passing of the Founder and Managing Editor of the Journal of Small Satellites, Adarsh Deepak, PhD. His leadership, creative mind, and dedication to the smallsat community are the forces that led to the founding and development of this Journal, among his many other accomplishments.
Please watch for a future JoSS tribute to Dr. Deepak’s generous life of service to this and other communities.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Hardware Architecture for Evolutionary SmallSat Pedagogy and Space Workforce Development
Spencer Temkin and Jin S. Kang – Aerospace Engineering Dept., United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD US; John Moore – Institute for Earth Observations, Palmyra, NJ US; Maximillian Holliday – Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA US
In-Space Radiometric Calibration of Nanosatellite Camera
Olli Knuuttila and Esa Kallio – Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland Noora Partamies and Mikko Syrjäsuo – The University Centre, Svardbard, Norway Olli Knuuttila, Kirsti Kauristie, Viktoria Sofieva, Ari-Matti Harri, Antti Kestilä, Jarmo Kivekäs, Petri Koskimaa, Jouni Rynӧ, and Johanna Tamminen – Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Petri Kärhä – Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland; Juha-Matti Lukkari – Huld Oy, Finland; Arno Alho – Iceye Oy, Finland; Tuija Pulkkinen – University of Michigan, MI US
On Designing Algorithms for Augmentation of On-Orbit CubeSat Sensor Data
Matthew L. Sigue – LCSEE, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV US; Thirimachos Bourlai – MILAB, E.C.E. University of Georgia, Athens, GA US; Max Spolaor – MILNASA Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), Independent Test Capability (I.T.C.) Jon McBride Software Testing & Research (JSTAR) Laboratory, Fairmont, WV US
Optimized Design of a Thermal Vacuum Testbed for Nanosatellite Verification Tests
Yoel Arcos and Pini Gurfil – Faculty of Aerospace Engineering Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Michael Koenig – Department of Mechanical Engineering, Braude College of Engineering, Karmiel, Israel
Using a CubeSat Reference Architecture for Accelerated Model Development and Analysis
Major Sean Kelly, Dr. David Jacques, Dr. Brad Ayres, Dr. Richard Cobb, Dr. Thomas Ford – Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH US
JoSS Editor-in-Chief Dr. Norman Fitz-Coy – Photo Credit: Univ. of Florida
The first articles to be published in the Journal of Small Satellites (JoSS) were submitted in 2011. As we mark JoSS’s 10th anniversary of publishing, let me take this opportunity to thank all our contributors, reviewers, Technical Area Editors (TAEs), technical staff, and Associate Editors. Without your tireless efforts, we would not have been able to produce this unique Journal.
Prior to JoSS, there did not exist an online, peer-reviewed platform for scholarly articles addressing the issues, concerns, and developments specific to small satellites. Now, after 10 years of publishing, we have a viable, high-quality resource for our small satellite community that gives authors the opportunity to publish their research and findings on topics related to the safe operations of small satellites in space, at no cost to them.
As we transition into our next phase, we welcome several new international members to our Board of Editors, who join us as Associate Editors, including Jose Gomez (PhD) of the University of Barcelona in Spain. Chantal Cappelletti (PhD) from the University of Nottingham in the UK, and Robert van Zyl (PhD) of the CPUT Satellite Programme, South Africa. We look forward to their efforts in moving the journal forward. Again, we thank you all for your efforts as we forge this new path for scholarly, peer-reviewed information-sharing relevant to the international small satellite community. We look forward to your continued support.
Norman Fitz-Coy, PhD
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Small Satellites (JoSS)
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Assessing Reaction Wheel Sizing for CubeSat Attitude Control
Tiffany A. Joseph, Guy Benari, Hugh Podmore, and Regina S. K. Lee – York University, North York, Ontario, Canada
BIRDS BUS: A Standard CubeSat BUS for an Annual Educational Satellite Project
Sangkyun Kim, Takashi Yamauchi, Hirokazu Masui, Mengu Cho – Jet Propulsion Laboratory of Space Environmental Interaction Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan
Project Overview of SPATIUM-I: A Technology Demonstration Mission Toward Global Three-Dimensional Ionosphere Mapping via CubeSat Constellation Equipped with an Atomic Clock
Kateryna Aheieva, Rahmi Rahmatillah, Ryotaro Ninagawa, Ibukun Owulatobi Adebolu, Sangkyun Kim, Yuta Kakimoto, Takashi Yamauchi, Hirokazu Masui, and Mengu Cho – Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka-ken, Japan; Chow Chee Lap, Zhang Ying, Tse Man Siu, Li King Ho Holden, and Mengu Cho – Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Forgoing Time and State – The Challenge for CubeSats on Artemis-1
Andrew Dahir, Charles Gillard, Brodie Wallace, John Sobtzak, and Scott Palo- Ann & H. J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, US; Daniel Kubitschek – Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, US
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Success of Guatemala’s Quetzal-1 Project
Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Electrical Power System for the Quetzal-1 CubeSat
Design and On-Orbit Performance of the Attitude Determination and Passive Control System for the Quetzal-1 CubeSat
Optimized Design of a Thermal Vacuum Testbed for Nanosatellite Verification Tests
BIRDS BUS: A Standard CubeSat BUS for an Annual Educational Satellite Project
