5 papers
VLBI Tracking of the JUICE Mission: Two Years of Cruise Phase Operations and Performance Analysis
Oliver James White, Guifre Molera Calves, Jasper Edwards +2
The JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission, launched by the European Space Agency (ESA) in April 2023, represents one of the most ambitious deep space exploration endeavours ta…
Micro-Doppler signatures and object characterisation of space debris with radio telescopes
Guifré Molera Calvés, Shinji Horiuchi, Edwin Peters +2
This study presents a novel multi-static radar technique for space debris characterisation using micro-Doppler signatures, developed within the Southern Hemisphere Asteroid Radar P…
Open-Source High-Fidelity Orbit Estimation for Planetary Science and Space Situational Awareness Using the Tudat Software
Luigi Gisolfi, Dominic Dirkx, Sam Fayolle +29
The TU Delft Astrodynamics Toolbox (Tudat) is a free open-source software suite for research and education in astrodynamics. Initially focused on numerical simulations of orbital d…
Ground-Based Radar Tracking of Near-Earth Objects With VLBI Radio Telescopes: 2024 MK Test Case
Oliver White, Guifré Molera Calvés, Shinji Horiuchi +3
The Southern Hemisphere Asteroid Research Project is an active and informal entity comprising the University of New South Wales, the University of Tasmania, the University of Weste…
Implementing the PRIDE technique for the JUICE mission at the University of Tasmania
Oliver James White, Guifré Molera Calvés, Jasper Edwards
The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission to study the Jovian system, currently undergoing an eight-year cruise phase. The Planetar…