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Biomedical payloads: A maturing application for CubeSats (2021)
Journal Article
Robson, D. J., & Cappelletti, C. (2022). Biomedical payloads: A maturing application for CubeSats. Acta Astronautica, 191, 394-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.11.017

This paper outlines some of the challenges and opportunities facing the space biomedical community and how CubeSats may (and indeed already are) supporting this research area. A review of current space and microgravity platforms capable of supporting... Read More about Biomedical payloads: A maturing application for CubeSats.

Detection of radio interference in the UHF amateur radio band with the Serpens satellite (2021)
Journal Article
Quintana-Diaz, G., Nodar-López, D., González Muíño, A., Aguado Agelet, F., Cappelletti, C., & Ekman, T. (2022). Detection of radio interference in the UHF amateur radio band with the Serpens satellite. Advances in Space Research, 69(2), 1159-1169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.10.017

High packet losses when uplinking commands to small satellites have been reported in the UHF amateur band (430–440 MHz) since late 2013. Measurements of the uplink radio environment have shown high levels of in-band interference in previous works, bu... Read More about Detection of radio interference in the UHF amateur radio band with the Serpens satellite.

A review of balancing methods for satellite simulators (2021)
Journal Article
Cardoso Da Silva, R., Alves Borges, R., Battistini, S., & Cappelletti, C. (2021). A review of balancing methods for satellite simulators. Acta Astronautica, 187, 537-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.05.037

This article presents a general review of the existing methods for balancing satellite simulators. The mathematical modeling for the kinematics and the dynamics of the satellite simulator is described and uniformed throughout the various methods. The... Read More about A review of balancing methods for satellite simulators.

Altitude control of a remote-sensing balloon platform (2021)
Journal Article
Borges, R. A., Battistini, S., Cappelletti, C., & Honda, Y. M. (2021). Altitude control of a remote-sensing balloon platform. Aerospace Science and Technology, 110, Article 106500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ast.2021.106500

This paper addresses the problem of altitude control of stratospheric balloon platforms. Over the last years, there has been an increasing interest in the development of balloon platforms with the ability of maneuvering and fluctuating at the stratos... Read More about Altitude control of a remote-sensing balloon platform.