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Swarming Proxima Centauri: Optical Communication Over Interstellar Distances
T. Marshall Eubanks, W. Paul Blase, Andreas Hein +2
Interstellar communications are achievable with gram-scale spacecraft using swarm techniques introduced herein if an adequate energy source, clocks and a suitable communications pr…
Chasing Nomadic Worlds: A New Class of Deep Space Missions
Manasvi Lingam, Andreas M. Hein, T. Marshall Eubanks
Nomadic worlds, i.e., objects not gravitationally bound to any star(s), are of great interest to planetary science and astrobiology. They have garnered attention recently due to co…
Science opportunities with solar sailing smallsats
Slava G. Turyshev, Darren Garber, Louis D. Friedman +25
Recently, we witnessed how the synergy of small satellite technology and solar sailing propulsion enables new missions. Together, small satellites with lightweight instruments and…
Agile Systems Engineering for sub-CubeSat scale spacecraft
Konstantinos Kanavouras, Andreas Makoto Hein, Maanasa Sachidanand
Space systems miniaturization has been increasingly popular for the past decades, with over 1600 CubeSats and 300 sub-CubeSat sized spacecraft estimated to have been launched since…
Optimum Location to Intercept Interstellar Objects with Build-and-wait Missions
Laia López Llobet, Andreas M. Hein
Until now, only two Interstellar Objects (ISOs) have been discovered: 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. Despite a limited amount of observations, they present high scientific interest f…
Can We Fly to Planet 9?
Adam Hibberd, Manasvi Lingam, Andreas M. Hein
Planet 9 is an hypothetical object in the outer Solar system, which is as yet undiscovered. It has been speculated that it may be a terrestrial planet or gas/ice giant, or perhaps…
Lessons from a Space Lab -- An Image Acquisition Perspective
Leo Pauly, Michele Lynn Jamrozik, Miguel Ortiz Del Castillo +10
The use of Deep Learning (DL) algorithms has improved the performance of vision-based space applications in recent years. However, generating large amounts of annotated data for tr…
Project Lyra: A Mission to 1I/'Oumuamua without Solar Oberth Manoeuvre
Adam Hibberd, Andreas Hein, Marshall Eubanks +1
To settle the question of the nature of the interstellar object 1I/'Oumuamua requires in-situ observations via a spacecraft, as the object is already out of range of existing teles…
A Zero-Radiation Pressure Sunshade for Supporting Climate Change Mitigation
Olivia Borgue, Andreas M. Hein
Limiting climate change to within the 2 °C limit requires net zero emissions of CO2 by 2050. However, the window of opportunity is closing fast. Geoengineering as the intentional a…