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Publications

Team members have shared their work with the scientific and professional community at numerous conferences and in the refereed literature.

R. Dunwoody, M. Doyle, D. Murphy, G. Finneran, D. O'Callaghan, et al. Development, description, and validation of the operations manual for EIRSAT-1, a 2U CubeSat with a gamma-ray burst detector. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, Volume 9, id. 037001, 2023.

M. Doyle, R. Dunwoody, G. Finneran, D Murphy, J. Reilly, et al. Mission Test Campaign for

the EIRSAT-1 Engineering Qualification Model. Aerospace, 9(2), 2022a. ISSN 2226-4310. doi:

10.3390/aerospace9020100. URL: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/9/2/100

 

M. Doyle, A. Gloster, M. Griffin, M. Hibbett, J. Kyle, et al. Design, development, and testing

of flight software for EIRSAT-1: a university-class CubeSat enabling astronomical research.

In Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VII, volume 12189, page 1218915. International

Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE, 2022. URL https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627464

 

M. Doyle, D. Murphy, J. Reilly, J. Thompson, S. Walsh, et al. Update on the status of the

Educational Irish Research Satellite (EIRSAT-1). In Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on

Space Educational Activities (SSEA), Barcelona, Spain, 2022

 

R. Dunwoody, J. Reilly, D. Murphy, M. Doyle, J. Thompson, et al. Thermal Vacuum Test

Campaign of the EIRSAT-1 Engineering Qualification Model. Aerospace, 9(2), 2022b. ISSN

2226-4310. doi: 10.3390/aerospace9020099. URL https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/9/

2/99

 

R. Dunwoody, M. Doyle, D. Murphy, G. Finneran, D. O’Callaghan, et al. Validation of the

operations manual for EIRSAT-1, a 2U CubeSat with a novel gamma-ray burst detector. In

Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems IX, volume 12186, page 121861B.

International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE, 2022a. doi: 10.1117/12.2631695. URL

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631695

 

J. Mangan, D. Murphy, R. Dunwoody, M. Doyle, A. Uliyanov, et al. Performance analysis of

embedded firmware for the detection of gamma-ray bursts on a 2U CubeSat. In Space Telescopes

and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray, volume 12181, page 121815A.

International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE, 2022. doi: 10.1117/12.2627064. URL

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627064

 

J. Mangan, D. Murphy, R. Dunwoody, M. Doyle, A. Ulyanov, et al. Experiences in firmware

development for a CubeSat instrument payload. In Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Space

Educational Activities (SSEA), Barcelona, Spain, 2022

 

D. Murphy, A. Ulyanov, S. McBreen, J. Mangan, R. Dunwoody, et al. A compact instrument

for gamma-ray burst detection on a CubeSat platform II. Experimental Astronomy, 2022. doi:

10.1007/s10686-022-09842-z. URL https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10686-022-09842-z

 

J. Reilly, D. Murphy, M. Doyle, S. Walsh, S. K. Akarapu, et al. EIRFLAT-1: A FlatSat

platform for the development and testing of the 2U CubeSat EIRSAT-1. In Proceedings of the

4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSEA), Barcelona, Spain, 2022

 

J. Thompson, J. Reilly, D. Murphy, L. Salmon, M. Doyle, et al. Thermal Characterization

Testing of a Robust and Reliable Thermal Knife HDRM (Hold Down and Release Mechanism)

for CubeSat Deployables. In Proceedings of the 4th Symposium on Space Educational Activities

(SSEA), Barcelona, Spain, 2022

 

M. Doyle, R. Dunwoody, G. Finneran, D. Murphy, J. Reilly, et al. Mission testing for improved

reliability of CubeSats. In International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2020, volume

11852, page 118526M. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE, 2021. doi:

10.1117/12.2600305. URL https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2600305

 

R. Dunwoody, M. Doyle, D. Murphy, G. Finneran, D. O’Callaghan, et al. Development and

Validation of the Operations Procedures and Manual for a 2U CubeSat, EIRSAT-1, with Three

Novel Payloads. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Space Operations,

2021

 

J. Mangan, D. Murphy, R. Dunwoody, A. Ulyanov, J. Thompson, et al. The environmental test

campaign of GMOD: a novel gamma-ray detector. In International Conference on Space Optics

— ICSO 2020, volume 11852, page 1185214. International Society for Optics and Photonics,

SPIE, 2021. doi: 10.1117/12.2599225. URL https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2599225

 

J. Mangan, D. Murphy, R. Dunwoody, M. Doyle, A. Ulyanov, et al. Embedded Firmware

Development for a Novel CubeSat Gamma-Ray Detector. 8th IEEE International Conference

on Space Mission Challenge, 2021

 

F. Marshall, D. Murphy, L. Salmon, D. O’Callaghan, M. Doyle, et al. Development of the

Ground Segment Communication System for the EIRSAT-1 CubeSat. In Proceedings of the

16th International Conference on Space Operations, 2021

 

D. Murphy, A. Ulyanov, S. McBreen, M. Doyle, R. Dunwoody, et al. A compact instrument

for gamma-ray burst detection on a CubeSat platform I. Experimental Astronomy, 52(1-2):

59–84, Aug 2021. ISSN 1572-9508. doi: 10.1007/s10686-021-09779-9. URL http://dx.

doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09779-9

 

S. Walsh, D. Murphy, M. Doyle, J. Reilly, J. Thompson, et al. Development of the EIRSAT-1

CubeSat through Functional Verification of the Engineering Qualification Model. Aerospace, 8

(9), 2021. ISSN 2226-4310. doi: 10.3390/aerospace8090254. URL https://www.mdpi.com/

2226-4310/8/9/254

 

M. Doyle, A. Gloster, C. O’Toole, J. Mangan, D. Murphy, et al. Flight Software Development

for the EIRSAT-1 mission. In Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities

(SSEA), Leicester, United Kingdom, September 2019. doi: 10.29311/2020.39

 

R. Dunwoody, J. Thompson, D. Sherwin, M. Doyle, M. Emam, et al. Design and development

of a 1-axis attitude control testbed for functional testing of EIRSAT-1. In Proceedings of the

3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities (SSEA), Leicester, United Kingdom, 2019. doi:

10.29311/2020.43

 

S. Walsh, D. Murphy, M. Doyle, J. Thompson, R. Dunwoody, et al. Assembly, Integration, and

Verification Activities for a 2U CubeSat, EIRSAT-1. In Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on

Space Educational Activities (SSEA), Leicester, United Kingdom, 2019. doi: 10.29311/2020.33

 

D. Murphy, J. Flanagan, J. Thompson, M. Doyle, J. Erkal, et al. EIRSAT-1 - The Educational

Irish Research Satellite. In Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on Space Educational Activities

(SSEA), Budapest, Hungary, SSEA-2018-73, 2018a

 

J. Thompson, D. Murphy, J. Erkal, J. Flanagan, M. Doyle, et al. Double-dipole antenna

deployment system for EIRSAT-1, a 2U CubeSat. In Proceedings of the 2nd Symposium on

Space Educational Activities (SSEA), Budapest, Hungary, SSEA-2018-78, 2018

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