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Abstract: This work presents the implementation and validation of the complete communications system of the USATI, the first CubeSat satellite of the National University of La Plata. It consists of a ...
NASA is backing a radically different way to reach space, one that swaps towering rockets for a ground-based launcher that whips payloads to orbital speeds before they ever see a drop of fuel. The ...
Abstract: The high-temperature superconducting (HTS) tape can bring significant improvement to the performance of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft's propulsion motor. However, ...
InnoCube AI achieves first autonomous satellite orientation in orbit. Deep-learning controller reorients CubeSat repeatedly without operators. Breakthrough points toward fully autonomous, low-cost ...
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GE Aerospace recently started test running the Passport-turbofan-based hybrid-electric propulsion system it developed under NASA’s Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) programme, one of several ...