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Email

robert.mearns@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Research Assistant in Spacecraft Design
School of Physics
Education
Masters (Coursework)
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0003-1843-6139

Mr Robert Mearns

Research Assistant in Spacecraft Design
School of Physics

29 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    CubeSats Reach the Millisecond X-Ray Domain: Crab Pulsar Timing with SpIRIT/HERMES
    DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ae5059
  • 2026

    Journal article

    Thermal infrared characterization of spatially unresolved resident space objects: Prospects from analytical two-component modeling
    DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2025.11.071
  • 2025

    Journal article

    The SpIRIT Payload Management System: A paradigm for smallsats multi payload integration
    DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.06.050
  • 2025

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Roo-Ver Lunar Mission
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Designing an Adaptive AI System for Operation on Board the SpIRIT Nano-Satellite
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-0348-0_24
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    The SpIRIT Mission: Novel Space Telescope Technology
    DOI: 10.52202/083084-0010
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Remotely Monitoring the Activity of Satellites from Thermal Infrared Imaging
    DOI: 10.64861/vavv5658
Robert Mearns

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    OrbViz: An Open Source Satellite Mission Visualisation Tool
    DOI: 10.52202/083084-0121
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Thermpy: A Rapid Space Thermal Simulation Design Tool and Its Potential Application to Unresolved Infrared Space Domain Awareness Research
    DOI: 10.52202/083079-0132
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    The commissioning and early operations of the high energy HERMES payload onboard SpIRIT
    DOI: 10.1117/12.3018308
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Localisation of gamma-ray bursts from the combined SpIRIT HERMES-TP/SP nano-satellite constellation (vol 40, e008, 2023)
    DOI: 10.1017/pasa.2024.22

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