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Launching mass from the Moon helped by lunar gravity anomalies
Pekka Janhunen
Normally a passive object launched from the Moon at less than the escape velocity orbits the Moon once and then crashes back to the launch site. We show that thanks to lunar gravit…
Aalto-1, multi-payload CubeSat: design, integration and launch
J. Praks, M. Rizwan Mughal, R. Vainio +24
The design, integration, testing, and launch of the first Finnish satellite Aalto-1 is briefly presented in this paper. Aalto-1, a three-unit CubeSat, launched into Sun-synchronous…
Aalto-1, multi-payload CubeSat: In-orbit results and lessons learned
M. R. Mughal, J. Praks, R. Vainio +17
The in-orbit results and lessons learned of the first Finnish satellite Aalto-1 are briefly presented in this paper. Aalto-1, a three-unit CubeSat which was launched in June 2017,…
Terraforming the dwarf planet: Interconnected and growable Ceres megasatellite world
Pekka Janhunen
We analyse a megasatellite settlement built from Ceres materials in high Ceres orbit. Ceres is selected because it has nitrogen, which is necessary for an earthlike atmosphere. To…
Shielded dumbbell L5 settlement
Pekka Janhunen
We present a two-sphere dumbbell configuration of a rotating settlement at Earth-Moon L5. The two-sphere configuration is chosen to minimize the radiation shielding mass which domi…
Particle Telescope aboard FORESAIL-1: simulated performance
Philipp Oleynik, Rami Vainio, Hannu-Pekka Hedman +18
The Particle Telescope (PATE) of FORESAIL-1 mission is described. FORESAIL-1 is a CubeSat mission to polar Low Earth Orbit. Its scientific objectives are to characterize electron p…