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The publication list given below is intended to list all publications originating from the SUNSAT program. Unfortunately, we cannot supply copies of the publications.  We intend adding further links to electronic versions of a selection of the papers.

See the previous short listing of publications (most are on-line).

SUNSAT Publication List Version 1.0 3 October 1999

No.

Year

Authors

TITLE

98

1999

Schoonwinkel Arnold, Cloete JH, Gerber RP

Houwteq facilities revived for engineering human resource development. IEEE Africon '99. Cape Town, September 1999

97

1999

Mostert S, van der Merwe JB

Architecture and methodologies for microsatellite communication software. IEEE Africon '99. Cape Town, September 1999

96

1999

Milne Garth W, Mostert Sias

MERS - A Multi-media Educator Resource System that can Significantly Impact National Education. SATNAC 3., Durban, October 1999

95

1999

Milne Garth W, Mostert Sias, Schoonwinkel Arnold, du Plessis JJ

SUNSAT, South Africa's First Satellite – One Up, What Next? SATNAC 3. Durban, October 1999

94

1999

Milne Garth W, Mostert Sias, Schoonwinkel Arnold, du Plessis JJ, Steyn WH, van der Westhuizen K,van der Merwe DA, Grobler H,. Koekemoer JA, Steenkamp N

SUNSAT - Launch and First Six Months' Orbital Performance. 13th IAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites. Utah, September 1999.

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93

1999

Milne Garth W, Mostert Sias, Schoonwinkel Arnold, du Plessis JJ

Early orbit status of SUNSAT, South Africa's first satellite. Unispace III -United Nations Conference on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space. Vienna, August 1999

92

1999

Richmond Rene

SUNSAT: A university student project that blasts South Africa onto the space map. IEEE Potentials. 1999; 18(1): 39-40

91

1999

Grobler, Rikus and Mostert, Sias

SRMA:Dynamic Protocol Management for LEO Store-and-Forward Systems. Transactions of the SAIEE. 1999; 90(1): 43-53

90

1998

Milne GW

Ground voltage and current cancellation by co-axial cable. South African Symposium on Communications and Signal Processing. Cape Town, South Africa, 1998: 327-332.

89

1998

Mostert S

Micro Satellite Programs: Application to Africa with Particular Emphasis on the Technical Performance and Limits of Imaging Micro Satellites. United Nations Regional Preparatory Conference on UNISPACE III for Africa and the Middle East. Rabat, Morocco, October 1998

88

1998

Mostert S

Small Satellites. Workshop on South African Space Affairs (WOSASA98). Pretoria, South Africa, September 1998

87

1998

Mostert S

Micro Satellites as Vehicles for Space Access in Developing Countries. United Nations COPOUS Workshop. Alpbach, Austria, 1998

86

1998

Milne GW, Jansen E, Roux JJ, Koekemoer JA, Kotze PA

EMC and RFI Problems and Solutions on the SUNSAT Microsatellite. South African Symposium on Communications and Signal Processing. Cape Town, South Africa, 1998:293-298.

85

1998

Milne Garth W, Mostert Sias, Cronje Thys, du Plessis, Francois

The SUNSAT Micro Satellite Program: Technical performance and limits of imaging micro satellites. 4th International Symposium on Small Satellites, Systems and Services. Antibes, France, September 1998. pp unnumbered

84

1997

Mostert S, Koekemoer JA

The Science and Engineering Payloads and Experiments on SUNSAT. 48th International Astronautical Congress (IAA-97). Turin, Italy, 1997:11.1.04 (11pp).

83

1997

Mostert S , Cronje ML, Du Plessis F.

Technical Performance and Limits of Imaging Microsatellites. 4th Symposium on International Small Satellites, Systems and Services. Antibes, France, 1997. Plenary Session 2: Earth Observation: 10pp (pages not numbered).

82

1997

Koekemoer JA, Bakkes PJ, Mostert S

Distributed Telemetry and Telecommand for Future SUNSAT Missions. 49th International Astronautical Congress. Sydney, Australia, 1998: pages not numbered.

81

1997

Mostert S, Koekemoer JA

The Science and Engineering Payloads and Experiments on SUNSAT. Acta Astronautica. 1998; 41(1-10): 401-411.

80

1997

Schoonwinkel A

Communication Skills for Engineering Students. Proceedings of the National Seminar on Engineering Education. University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 1997:283-286

79

1997

Mostert S, Schoonwinkel A, Milne GW

Pre-flight Performance of the Communication Payloads on SUNSAT, South Africa’s First Microsatellite. 8th Biennial Conference & Exhibition on Telecommunications in Southern Africa (Telkom ’97), Midrand, South Africa, 1997:Day2, Session7 (Technical Track)

78

1997

Mostert S, Koekemoer JA

The Science and Engineering Payloads and Experiments on SUNSAT. 48th International Astronautical Congress (IAA-97). Turin, Italy, 1997:11.1.04 (11pp).

77

1997

Schoonwinkel A, Milne GW

University Research and Development of a Microsatellite. R&D Management. 1997; 27(1): 37-44.

76

1997

Schoonwinkel A, Milne GW

Managing a Microsatellite Development Programme within the University Environment. Technovation. 1997; 17(1):1-9.

75

1997

Plichta MG, Milne GW

Offset-free Black Restoration and Simplified Correlated Double Sampling for Linear CCDs. Electronics Letters. 1997; 3(6): 458-459.

74

1997

Grobler, Rikus and Mostert, Sias

SRMA Revisited: Dynamic Protocol Management for LEO Store-and-Forward Systems

73

1997

Mostert, Sias

The science and engineering payloads and experiments on SUNSAT. 48th International Astronautical Congress '97. Turin, Italy, pp unnumbered

72

1997

Milne GW, Schoonwinkel A, Mostert S

Pre-flight performance of the communication payloads on SUNSAT, South Africa's first microsatellite. Telkom 97. Johannesburg, South Africa '97: Session 10

71

1996

Bakkes PJ, du Plessis JJ, Hutchings BL

Mixing fixed and reconfigurable logic for array processing. FCCM. San Francisco, USA, April 1996

70

1996

Steyn WH

A multi-mode attitude determination and control system for SUNSAT. 3rd International Symposium on Small Satellites Systems and Services. Annecy, France, 1996: Session 8/17: 1-9.

69

1996

Milne GW.

Response of the Ordinary Least Squares Estimator (OLS) to Deterministic and Stochastic Noise. Proceedings, AFRICON ‘96: 1099-1104

68

1996

Milne GW, Schoonwinkel A, Mostert S; du Plessis, JJ

Educational aspects of the SUNSAT microsatellite and its enabling role for other developments. Proceedings, AFRICON ‘96: 542-547

67

1996

Le Riche PJ

High speed wireless digital communications: "Wireless Ethernet". Teletraffic Systems Engineering Seminar, Durban, South Africa, 1996: 505-514.

66

1996

Tribelhorn, CC, Mostert, S

Towards the Optimization of Kernel Overhead for the Development of Communication Systems. Teletraffic Systems Engineering Seminar, Durban, South Africa, 1996: 498-504.

65

1996

Roux JJ, Milne GW

Receiver front end design for working in a harsh RF environment. Teletraffic Systems Engineering Seminar, Durban, South Africa, 1996: 462-468.

64

1996

Koekemoer JA, Jordaan LJ, Bakkes PJ

The SUNSAT General Test Bench. Teletraffic Systems Engineering Seminar, Durban, South Africa, 1996: 443-448.

63

1996

Grobler, H., Mostert, S., Boot J, Joubert L, Steenkamp N, le Roux AG

Overview of the Communication Interfaces of the Second On-Board Computer of SUNSAT. Teletraffic Systems Engineering Seminar, Durban, South Africa, 1996: 449-454

62

1996

Grobler, F., Bakkes, PJ., Mostert, S

Towards an Optimal SRMA Configuration for a Microsatellite Based Data Collection System. Teletraffics Systems Engineering Seminar, Durban, South Africa, 1996: 222-228

61

1996

Schoonwinkel A, Milne GW, Mostert S; Steyn, WH, van der Westhuizen K

Pre-flight performance of the communication payloads on SUNSAT, South Africa's first remote sensing and packet communications microsatellite. 10th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, USA, 1996. Session V, paper 4: 1-19.

60

1996

Du Toit DNJ, du Plessis JJ, Steyn WH

Using atmospheric drag for constellation control of low earth orbit microsatellites. 10th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, USA, 1996. Poster Session 3: 1-13.

59

1996

Boot J, Tribelhorn C, Mostert S.

Towards an Optimal Architecture for Implementing Communication Software. Proceedings, IEEE AFRICON ‘96, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1996: 950-956

58

1996

Bakkes PJ,du Plessis JJ

Reconfigurable Logic for Array Processing. Proceedings, IEEE AFRICON ‘96, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1996: 582-585

57

1996

Mostert, S

A Visual Method for Real-Time Software Engineering. Transactions of the SAIEE. 1996; 87(3):128-139

56

1995

Van der Westhuizen K, Basson AH, Schuster HR

SUNSAT ??? analysis and manufacture. South African Institute of Mechanical Engineers R&D Journal. 1995; 11(3): 51-60.

55

1995

Schuster HR, Basson AH

Aspects of SUNSAT: New structure design and manufacturing. South African Institute of Mechanical Engineers R&D Journal 1995, 11(2): 21-28.

54

1995

Witte M, Halang WA, Mostert S,

Prevention of virus intrusion in an open EDI environment. The Eleventh International Information Security Conference, IFIP, Cape Town, South Africa, May 1995:

53

1995

Steyn WH

Near minimum-time eigenaxis rotation manoeuvres using reaction wheels. AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics; 1995; 18(5): 1184-1189.

52

1995

Schoonwinkel A, Milne GW

Enhanced engineering graduate training through a microsatellite development programme. The SAIEE Satellite '95 Symposium, Halfway House, South Africa, 23-24 March 1995: 29.1-29.12.

51

1995

Niesler TR, du Plessis JJ

Time-optimal control by means of neural networks. IEEE Control Systems Magazine. 1995; 15(5): 23-33.

50

1995

Mostert S, Milne GW

SUNSAT: Solutions for store and forward communication. Telkom95, Telkom, Johannesburg, South Africa, March 1995. Track 4 1-12.

49

1995

Mostert S, Milne GW

SUNSAT: Low cost Solutions for Remote Sensing. Satellites 95, SIEE, Yeoville, SA, March 1995: 28.1-28.10.

48

1995

Mostert S, Meske HP, Halang WA

An architecture supporting hard real-time computing. Control Engineering Practice. 1995; 3(6): 863-870

47

1995

Milne GW, Mostert S, Schoonwinkel A

Engineering model and flight model integration of the SUNSAT micro satellite. First Conference on Space Technology and Developing Countries, Teheran, I.R. Iran, 23-27 May 1995: STC-95-134-1-9.

46

1995

Mostert S, Halang WA

Satellite control system architectures. Proceedings of 3rd IFAC/IFIP Workshop on algorithms and architectures for real-time control, IFAC, Ostende, Belgium, May 1995: 329-334.

45

1995

Milne GW, Mostert S

SUNSAT: solutions for remote sensing and store-and-forward communication. Telkom95. Telkom, South Africa, March 1995

44

1995

Mostert S

SUNSAT: Solutions for Remote Sensing. Satellites 95. SAIEE, South Africa, March 1995

43

1995

Milne GW, Schoonwinkel A

Space technology training in South Africa through a microsatellite development programme. First Conference on Space Technology and Developing Countries, Tehran, I.R. Iran, 23-27 May 1995: STC-95-135-1-10.

42

1995

Milne GW, Mostert S

SUNSAT: Solutions for remote sensing and store-and-forward com-munication. Proceedings of the 1st Conference on Space Technology and Developing Countries, Irost, Iran, May 1995: STC-95-151-1-10

41

1995

Du Plessis JJ

Progress on the SUNSAT microsatellite, University of Stellenbosch. AIAA 9th Annual Conference on Small Satellites. Utah, USA, 1995.

40

1994

Strydom OS, du Plessis JJ

Interactive simulation on transputers with a block diagram user interface. SCS-European Simulation Symposium, Istanbul, 1994: 305-309.

39

1994

Steyn, WH

Full satellite state determination from vector observations. 13th International Federation for Automatic Control Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace. Palo Alto, California, USA, 1994: 193-198.

38

1994

Steyn, WH

Fuzzy control for a non linear MIMO plant subject to control constraints. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. 1994; 24(10): 1565-1571.

37

1994

Steyn, WH

Comparison of low earth orbiting satellite attitude controller submitted to control-liability constraints. AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics. 1994; 17(4): 795-804.

36

1994

Steyn, WH

Optimal reaction wheel desaturation of a nadir pointing satellite using maneto-torquers. IEEE/SAIEE '94, Proceedings: 5-1 - 5-9.

35

1994

Jordaan LJ and Mostert S

Contributions of a micro satellite to the South African communication needs. Computers in Southern Africa, CISNA '94. Cape Town, South Africa, July 1994

34

1994

Milne GW, Schoonwinkel A, Mostert S

The SUNSAT Microsatellite for Remote Sensing and Packet Communication. Small Satellites Systems and Services, CNES. Biarritz, France, June 1994

33

1994

Mostert S

SUNSAT 2R: Mission Analysis, Resources and Architecture. Small Satellites and Control Systems Symposium. IEEE, Stellenbosch, South Africa, October 1994

32

1994

Mostert S

A Simple Processor Architecture for Hard Real-Time Systems. Computer System Symposium. IEEE, Stellenbosch, South Africa, October 1994

31

1994

Mostert S

Constructing a Heterogeneous Real-Time System. Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Operating Systems and Software, IEEE, May 1994: 34-38

30

1994

Mostert S

An Architecture Supporting Real-Time Programming and Implementations. Workshop on Real-Time Programming, IFAC/IFIP, Paragon Press, June 1994

29

1994

Mostert S

An Architecture Supporting Real-Time Programming and Implementations. Annual Review in Automatic Programming, Vol. 18., Reichenau, Germany, June 1994: 145-150.

28

1994

Mostert S

Real world interfacing with transputers. Transactions of the SAIEE. 1994; 85(2):69-79.

27

1994

Schoonwinkel.A, Milne GW

Adaptation of the SUNSAT Microsatellite for the P91-1 Delta Mission. IEEE/SAIEE Symposium on Small Satellites and Control. Stellenbosch, October 1994

26

1994

Schoonwinkel.A, Milne GW

Adaptation of the SUNSAT Microsatellite for the ARGOS/P91-1 Delta Mission. Proceedings, IEEE/SAIEE '94. July 1994: 15-1 - 15-8.

25

1994

Strydom OM, Du Plessis JJ

Simulation on transputers with a block diagram front end. SCS-European Simulation Symposium. Istanbul, October 1994

24

1994

Du Plessis JJ

A modular satellite simulation toolbox. IEEE/SAIEE Symposium on Small satellites and Control Symposium. Stellenbosch, October 1994. 19/1-19/5

23

1994

Du Plessis FE, Milne GW

SUNSAT imaging, present and future. Proceedings, IEEE/SAIEE '94. July 1994, pp 8-1 - 8-8.

22

1993

Mostert S

Towards Hard Real-Time System Engineering. Proceedings of First IEEE Workshop on Real-Time Applications. (RTAW93). Manhattan, New York, USA,1993

21

1993

Strydom OM, Du Plessis JJ, van der Merwe JJN

Block diagram simulator for non linear control systems. SAIEE Elektron. November 1993

20

1993

Milne Garth W

BLKLAB - Shareware LTI Model Entry for MATLAB. 1993 MATLAB Conference. Cambridge, Massachusetts, October 1993.

19

1993

Gouws HJ, du Toit JH, Brune RGG, Burger HS, Mostert S, Bakkes PJ

The SUNSAT onboard computer system. SA-AMSAT Spacecon conference. Johannesburg, 1993: 5pp.

18

1993

De Swardt I, Bakkes PJ

The SUNSAT telemetry system. SA-AMSAT Spacecon conference. Johannesburg, 1993: 4pp.

17

1993

Milne GW; Bakkes PJ; Schoonwinkel A; Du Plessis JJ; Enslin,JHR; Steyn WH; Mostert S; Palmer KD; Weber DM

SUNSAT, Stellenbosch University and SA-AMSAT’S Remote Sensing and Packet Communications Microsatellite. Proceedings of the Conference on Small Satellites #7. Utah, USA, September 1993

16

1993

Mostert S

Automatic recognition of magnetic cheque characters with hidden Markov models. COMSIG '93. IEEE South African Symposium on Communications and Signal Processing. August, 1993

15

1993

Milne GW, Jansen E

Use of Helical Resonators for High-selectivity filters on SUNSAT's 2m up/down links. SA AMSAT Spacecon Conference. Johannesburg, August 1993: 6pp.

14

1993

Mostert S, Gouws H, Bakkes PJ

Integrated space and ground multiprocessor architecture for real time computing. AIAA Computing in Aerospace 9. San Diego, 1993: 536-543.

13

1993

Botha TF, Weber DM

Development of a reliable telecommand system for microsatellite applications. AIAA Computing in Aerospace 9. San Diego, 1993: 531-535.

12

1993

Bakkes PJ, Mostert S

Fault tolerance in SUNSAT satellite. AIAA Computing in Aerospace 9. San Diego, 1993: 212-215.

11

1993

Beukes HJ, Dowson KE, Enslin JHR

Simulation of Stellenbosch University Satellite (SUNSAT) power system. Transactions of the SAIEE. 1993; 84(1):32-36

10

1992

Strydom OM, Du Plessis JJ

Efficient interactive simulation of block diagram models. CSI Conference on Modelling and Simulation. York, UK, June 1992

9

1992

Strydom OM, Du Plessis JJ

Simupac: A novel interactive simulation environment. CSI Conference on Modelling and Simulation. York, UK, June 1992

8

1992

Milne GW

The SUNSAT microsatellite programme. Concepts, progress and opportunities. IEEE Africon '92. Mbabane. Swaziland, 1992: 373-377

7

1992

Beukes HJ, Dowson KE, Enslin JHR

Simulation and analysis of Stellenbosch Satellite (SUNSAT) power system. IEEE Africon '92. Mbabane, Swaziland. 1992: 221-224

6

1992

Bakkes PJ, Pina RF

Transputer in SUNSAT microsatellite. International Conference on Parallel Computing and Transputer Applications. Barcelona, Spain, 1992

5

1992

Bakkes PJ, Du Plessis JJ, Strydom OM

Control System Simulation on Multiple Transputers. International Conference on Parallel Computing and Transputer Applications. Barcelona, Spain, 1992

4

1992

Milne Garth W

The SUNSAT Microsatellite Programme: Concepts, Progress, and Opportunities. IEEE Africon 1992 Conference. Swaziland, September 1992.

3

1991

Du Plessis JJ

Realtime simulations on parallel processors with hardware in the loop. IEEE Symposium on Parallel Systems. Pretoria, 1991

2

1991

Milne Garth W

SUNSAT - Stellenbosch, SA Amsat, and Industry. SA Amsat Spacecon 91 Conference. August 1991

1

1991

Milne Garth W

SUNSAT - The Stellenbosch University Satellite. AMSAT Annual Conference. University of Surrey, July 1991


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