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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,…
Thrust vectoring of an electric solar wind sail with a realistic sail shape
Petri Toivanen, Pekka Janhunen
The shape of a rotating electric solar wind sail under the centrifugal force and solar wind dynamic pressure is modeled to address the sail attitude maintenance and thrust vectorin…
CubeSat testing of Coulomb drag propulsion
Pekka Janhunen, Jouni Envall, Petri Toivanen +3
In Coulomb drag propulsion, a long high voltage tether or system of tethers gathers momentum from a natural plasma stream such as solar wind or ionospheric plasma ram flow. A posit…
Safety criteria for flying E-sail through solar eclipse
Pekka Janhunen, Petri Toivanen
The electric solar wind sail (E-sail) propellantless propulsion device uses long, charged metallic tethers to tap momentum from the solar wind to produce spacecraft propulsion. If…