Stratospheric balloons have emerged as an affordable and flexible alternative to traditional
spacecrafts as they are implemented using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) equipment …

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This paper studies the performance of a new magnetic attitude control law developed for the
UPMSat-2 satellite. The UPMSat-2 control law, which is a modification of the B-dot, allows …

This work presents a study of the effects of modal coupling on the microsatellite UPMSat-2,
where some design parameters are modified to achieve different levels of modal coupling …

In the present paper the work carried out in relation to the Attitude, Control and
Determination Subsystem (ACDS) of the UPMSat-2 is summarized. This engineering project …

The UPMSat-2 micro-satellite was launched on September the 3rd 2020 at 01: 51: 10 UTC
from Kourou spaceport in French Guyana. The VV16 Vega Flight has been the first low Earth …

The problem of magnetic detumbling, also known as magnetic momentum unloading, is
considered. The objective is to stabilize a rigid spacecraft angular velocity to zero only …

Communication between satellites and ground stations is a critical element of all satellite
missions. Limitations in bandwidth and coverage may restrict the capability of ground …

In the present paper, the UPMQube PocketQube proposal for the EU2Space challenge is
described. This proposal has been developed by a group of master's degree students led by …

To optimize the geomagnetic reference vector and the solar reference vector calculation
method, this paper proposes a geomagnetic fitting algorithm and simplifies the DE430 …