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LEVITAS: Levitodynamics for Accurate Individual Particle Sensing in Space
Rafal Gajewski, Ravindra T Desai, James Bateman +3
Accurately observing the rarefied media of the upper atmosphere, exosphere, and planetary and solar system environments and beyond requires highly sensitive metrological techniques…
Spacecraft Charging of the Morazán MRZ-SAT Satellite in Low Earth Orbit: Initial Results on the Influence of Energetic Electron Anisotropy on Differential Charging
Raphael Bertrand-Delgado, Ravindra Desai, Fernando Zorto-Aguilera +2
The advent of the modular CubeSat satellite architecture has heralded a revolution in satellite missions, drastically lowering the technical and financial barriers to space. Surfac…
Cassini's floating potential in Titan's ionosphere: 3-D Particle-In-Cell Simulations
Zeqi Zhang, Ravindra Desai, Oleg Shebanits +2
Accurate determination of Cassini's spacecraft potential in Titan's ionosphere is important for interpreting measurements by its low energy plasma instruments. Estimates of the flo…
The in-situ exploration of Jupiter's radiation belts (A White Paper submitted in response to ESA's Voyage 2050 Call)
Elias Roussos, Oliver Allanson, Nicolas André +26
Jupiter has the most energetic and complex radiation belts in our solar system. Their hazardous environment is the reason why so many spacecraft avoid rather than investigate them,…