PicSat is a nanosatellite currently being developed to observe the transit of the giant planet
βべーた Pictoris, expected some time between July 2017 and June 2018. The mission is based on …

… PicSat was a three unit CubeSat (measuring 30 cm Χかい 10 cm Χかい … In this paper, we report on
the PicSat mission development … One of the secondary objective of the PicSat mission was to …

PicSat is a nanosatellite developed to observe the transit of the giant planet beta Pictoris b,
expected in late 2017. Its science objectives are: the observation of the transit of the giant …

Beta Pictoris is arguably the best-known stellar system outside of our own. A rare combination
of a bright star, the presence of an edge-on debris disk, and the young age of the system, …

… Based on the PicSat mission profile and iADCS 100 components, we model spacecraft …
In this paper such models are sufficient for PicSat needs, as will be seen in the validation …

In the present master thesis, which was written in collaboration with the Observatory of Paris,
thermal models of two cubesat missions are created. The goal of this work is to create a …

Aims. Photometric monitoring of βべーた Pic in 1981 showed anomalous fluctuations of up to 4%
over several days, consistent with foreground material transiting the stellar disk. The …

Classical RF-communication is physically limited in bandwidth and the number of usable
channels is constantly decreasing due to the increasing number of satellites in space. Channel …

… projects are being studied, such as FIRST-S, a 3U CubeSat to study exozodiacal light in
the habitable zone around the closest stars, 18 based on the lessons learned from the PicSat …

The $\beta$ Pictoris system is the closest known stellar system with directly detected gas
giant planets, an edge-on circumstellar disc, and evidence of falling sublimating bodies and …