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.
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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