Traditionally, the space industry produced large and sophisticated spacecraft handcrafted by
large teams of engineers and budgets within the reach of only a few large government …

CubeSats are a class of miniaturized satellites that have become increasingly popular in
academia and among hobbyists due to their short development time and low fabrication …

CubeSats are positioned to play a key role in Earth Science, wherein multiple copies of the
same RADAR instrument are launched in desirable formations, allowing for the …

Advances in shape-morphing materials, such as hydrogels, shape-memory polymers and
light-responsive polymers have enabled prescribing self-directed deformations of initially flat …

EARTH-CENTRIC spacecraft have been designed for decades as monolithic systems, which
are highly integrated systems conceived to fulfill a set of goals satisfying certain user needs …

Space-based radar observations have transformed our understanding of Earth over the last
several decades. Driven by increasingly complex science questions, space radar missions …

Satellite‐based remote sensing has generally necessitated a trade‐off between spatial
resolution and temporal frequency, affecting the capacity to observe fast hydrological …

Small satellites (smallsats) provide low-cost access to space and have historically been
used for flight technology demonstrations and limited-function space science activities …

RainCube (Radar in a CubeSat) is a technology demonstration mission to enable Ka-band
precipitation radar technologies on a low-cost, quick-turnaround platform. The 6U CubeSat …

Precipitation is one of the most important hydrometeorological components of the Tibetan
Plateau (TP). The relationships between precipitation and topography in the TP were …