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/ae50592026
Journal article
Thermal infrared characterization of spatially unresolved resident space objects: Prospects from analytical two-component modeling
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2025.11.0712025
Journal article
The SpIRIT Payload Management System: A paradigm for smallsats multi payload integration
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.06.0502025
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_242025
Conference Proceedings
The SpIRIT Mission: Novel Space Telescope Technology
DOI: 10.52202/083084-00102025
Conference Proceedings
Remotely Monitoring the Activity of Satellites from Thermal Infrared Imaging
DOI: 10.64861/vavv5658
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2025
Conference Proceedings
OrbViz: An Open Source Satellite Mission Visualisation Tool
DOI: 10.52202/083084-01212025
Conference Proceedings
Thermpy: A Rapid Space Thermal Simulation Design Tool and Its Potential Application to Unresolved Infrared Space Domain Awareness Research
DOI: 10.52202/083079-01322024
Conference Proceedings
The commissioning and early operations of the high energy HERMES payload onboard SpIRIT
DOI: 10.1117/12.30183082024
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