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. |
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 |