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Mark Thomson
Researcher at California Institute of Technology
Publications - 41
Citations - 1147
Mark Thomson is an academic researcher from California Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Antenna (radio) & CubeSat. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 41 publications receiving 914 citations. Previous affiliations of Mark Thomson include Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Accommodating Thickness in Origami-Based Deployable Arrays
Shannon A. Zirbel,Robert J. Lang,Mark Thomson,Deborah A. Sigel,Phillip Walkemeyer,Brian P. Trease,Spencer P. Magleby,Larry L. Howell +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe a mathematical model for modifying the pattern to accommodate material thickness in the context of the design, modeling, and testing of a deployable system inspired by an origami six-sided flasher model.
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CubeSat Deployable Ka-Band Mesh Reflector Antenna Development for Earth Science Missions
TL;DR: A novel mesh deployable Ka-band antenna design that folds in a 1.5 U stowage volume suitable for 6 U (10 × 20 × 30 cm3) class CubeSats is presented.
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The Deep-Space Network Telecommunication CubeSat Antenna: Using the deployable Ka-band mesh reflector antenna.
TL;DR: An innovative, deployable Ka-band antenna that folds in a 1.5-U stowage volume suitable for 6U-class CubeSats is presented and the mechanical deployment mechanism is described because it is a critical component of the deployable Cube-Sat antenna.
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The Exo-S probe class starshade mission
Sara Seager,Margaret Turnbull,William B. Sparks,Mark Thomson,Stuart B. Shaklan,Aki Roberge,Marc J. Kuchner,N. Jeremy Kasdin,Shawn Domagal-Goldman,Webster Cash,Keith Warfield,Doug Lisman,Dan Scharf,David J. Webb,Rachel Trabert,Stefan Martin,Eric Cady,Cate Heneghan +17 more
TL;DR: Exo-S as discussed by the authors is a direct imaging space-based mission to discover and characterize exoplanets, which can reach down to Earth-size planets in the habitable zones of nearly two dozen nearby stars.
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Prospects of Large Deployable Reflector Antennas for a New Generation of Geostationary Doppler Weather Radar Satellites
TL;DR: In this article, a novel mission concept, namely NEXRAD in Space, has been developed for detailed monitoring of hurricanes, cyclones, and severe storms from a geostationary orbit.