{"670326":{"#nid":"670326","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Innovative PaddleSat Concept for Thin Satellite Construction Honored","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EA team of researchers from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) has won the Best Paper Award at the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/2023.ieee-wisee.org\/\u0022\u003E2023 IEEE Wireless in Space and Extreme Environments\u003C\/a\u003E (WiSEE) international conference.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe team is comprised of Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ece.gatech.edu\/directory\/gregory-david-durgin\u0022\u003EGreg Durgin\u003C\/a\u003E and graduate students Vaibhav Bhosale, Jonathan Dolan, Grishma Kalepu, and Deeksha Manjunath. Their award-winning paper, \u201cPaddleSats: Attitude Control and Station-Keeping for Ultra-Low Density SSP Satellites,\u201d was selected from a field of 37 international papers.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe research presents the authors\u2019 new PaddleSat concept in which satellites are constructed from uniformly thin surfaces, using deflections in their solar panels and subsequent changes in solar pressure-induced momentum to perform station-keeping operations. Such satellites have low launch costs and very long lifetimes in space, as there is no longer the need to carry station-keeping fuel.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EPaddleSats also mitigate space debris concerns as the uniformly thin satellites will\u2014without intervention from their controller\u2014gradually descend from orbit (either in fragments or as a whole) due to the influence of solar pressure on the spacecraft. \u003Cspan\u003EThe PaddleSat concept is crucial for developing space solar power satellites for green energy or even low-cost communication satellites that do not contribute long-term orbital debris.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe four students who co-authored the paper began investigating the concept in 2022 as an \u201cECE 6390 Satellite Communications and Navigation Systems\u201d course project. They continued to refine their work after the course, which led to this original, award-winning concept paper.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe IEEE WiSEE international conference series has been a home for the top-tier research in wireless-related systems in space for the last 11 years.\u0026nbsp;The researchers were honored at this year\u2019s conference held in Aveiro, Portugal from September 6-8.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETop photo caption: \u003C\/span\u003EStudent researchers Vaibhav Ghosale (middle) and Grishma Kalepu (right) being presented the WiSEE Best Paper Award from Juan Fraire, the conference\u2019s technical program committee chair.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOriginating as a class project, the concept for low-cost, minimal waste communication satellites demonstrated its potential at the 2023 IEEE Wireless in Space and Extreme Environments conference.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Originating as a class project, the concept for low-cost, minimal waste communication satellites demonstrated its potential at the 2023 IEEE Wireless in Space and Extreme Environments conference."}],"uid":"36172","created_gmt":"2023-10-10 18:13:54","changed_gmt":"2023-10-10 18:18:06","author":"dwatson71","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-10-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"671996":{"id":"671996","type":"image","title":"PaddleSat team.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EStudent researchers Vaibhav Ghosale (middle) and Grishma Kalepu (right) being presented the WiSEE Best Paper Award from Juan Fraire, the conference\u2019s technical program committee chair.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1696961835","gmt_created":"2023-10-10 18:17:15","changed":"1696961835","gmt_changed":"2023-10-10 18:17:15","alt":"Student researchers being presented the WiSEE Best Paper Award.","file":{"fid":"255171","name":"PaddleSat team.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/10\/PaddleSat%20team.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/10\/PaddleSat%20team.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":922856,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/10\/10\/PaddleSat%20team.jpg?itok=aUuXj9M-"}}},"media_ids":["671996"],"groups":[{"id":"1255","name":"School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"66891","name":"Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering"},{"id":"193159","name":"IEEE Wireless in Space and Extreme Environments"},{"id":"177717","name":"Greg Durgin"},{"id":"193160","name":"Vaibhav Bhosale"},{"id":"193161","name":"Jonathan Dolan"},{"id":"193162","name":"Grishma Kalepu"},{"id":"193163","name":"Deeksha Manjunath"},{"id":"193164","name":"PaddleSats"},{"id":"193165","name":"Satellite Communications and Navigation Systems"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDan Watson\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["dwatson@ece.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}