Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | Astronomical Instrumentation

Original Research

Published on 27 Jan 2026

A software defined aerospace payload testing platform based on AXI bus

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Guodong Yin
Wenjie Zhao
Jianing Rao
Wanying Zhang
Jing Kang
Yan Xie
Miao Ma
Jiahao Du
Xiuxiu Liu
Yan Zhu

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2026.1721412

532 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Jan 2026

A novel multiplexing data transmission architecture: multiplexing modulator (MM) for twin remote sensing satellites

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Wenjie Zhao
Jianing Rao
Shuangxue Han
Wenyuan Jia
Jingxing Song
Wentao Dong
Zhenxing Dong
Xiaoyong Ma
Jing Wang
Man Xie

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1661017

710 views

Original Research

Accepted on 08 Jan 2026

LEO-CalSat for the Calibration of W-band Ground-Based CMB Polarization Experiments

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Francisco Javier Casas
Enrique Martinez-Gonzalez
Javier Cubas
Guillermo Pascual-Cisneros
Irene Sanchez
Laura Castelló
Patricio Vielva
Belén Barreiro

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

374 views

Methods

Published on 08 Jan 2026

QUBIC: an algorithm for detecting cosmic rays

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Sofia Ferazzoli
Elia Stefano Battistelli
Silvia Masi
E. Barbavara
A. Coppolecchia
B. Costanza
P. De Bernardis
G. De Gasperis
M. Gervasi
J.-Ch. Hamilton

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1659952

878 views

Original Research

Published on 06 Jan 2026

Surface figure metrology for reflective membrane mirrors based on phase-measuring deflectometry

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Xin Yan
Zhi-Kang Zhuang
Fu-Jia Du
Wen Duan
Peilin Yin
Mo-Nong Yu
Guang Yang

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1707623

804 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Dec 2025

Long-wavelength UV-LEDs and charge management in the detection of gravitational waves in space

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Yuandong Jia
Yinbowen Zhang
Suwen Wang
Guozhi Chai
Zemin Zhang
Yi Zhang
Hongxin Li
Shuanglin Huang
Hongqing Huo
Zongfeng Li

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1738959

868 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Dec 2025

Near ultraviolet transient explorer (NUTEx): a CubeSat-based NUV imaging payload for transient sky surveys

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Shubham Ghatul
Rekhesh Mohan
Jayant Murthy
Margarita Safonova
Praveen Kumar
Maheswar Gopinathan
Shubhangi Jain
S. Mahesh Babu

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1670437

1,001 views

Mini Review

Published on 02 Oct 2025

Current development status of key technologies for high-performance on-board interconnection buses — analysis of TSN bus application prospects in aerospace

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Wenjie Zhao
Wanying Zhang
Jianing Rao
Shuangxue Han
Wenyuan Jia
Jingxing Song
Miao Ma
Zhenxing Dong
Guodong Yin
Yan Zhu

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1676898

1,766 views

Original Research

Published on 01 Oct 2025

Adaptive extended Kalman filter and laser link acquisition in the detection of gravitational waves in space

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Jinke Yang
Yong Xie
Yidi Fan
Pengcheng Wang
Xue Wang
Zhao Cui
Jianjun Jia
Yucheng Tang
Yun Kau Lau

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1664938

1,500 views

Original Research

Published on 19 Sep 2025

A novel space intelligent computing and data processing architecture--the spacecraft payload health management unit (SPHMU)

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Wenjie Zhao
Jianing Rao
Miao Ma
Jianzhe Zhang
Shuanglong Li
Wenyuan Jia
Zhenxing Dong
Baocheng Hou
Guofeng Xue
Guodong Yin

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1657487

1,659 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 01 Sep 2025

The case for a rectangular format space telescope for finding exoplanets

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Heidi Jo Newberg
Leaf Swordy
Richard K. Barry
Marina Cousins
Kerrigan Nish
Sarah Rickborn
Sebastian Todeasa

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1441984

11,251 views

Original Research

Published on 12 Aug 2025

Simulation analysis of stress-strain performance for a lightweight X-ray pulsar detection telescope frame structure

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Qingyong Zhou
Zhiqiang Huang
Bin Xu
Yaohu Lei
Jianguo Lei
Hang Zhao
Chaojing Ye
Likuan Zhu

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1624395

1,718 views

Original Research

Published on 11 Aug 2025

Design and performance characterization of H-band MCT camera: insights from pixel-level gain measurements

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Wen-Qing Qu
Jiang-Yuan Wei
Hao-Ran Ma
Yu Ning
Jia-Ming Li
Kun Ge
Zhe Geng
Yu Zhang
Hong-Fei Zhang
Jian Wang

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1617581

1,579 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Jul 2025

A universal ground test equipment design for the Chang’e series spacecraft

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Wenjie Zhao
Jianing Rao
Cheng Hao
Wenyuan Jia
Zhenxing Dong
Xiaoyong Ma
Miao Ma
Wenhui Yang
Yan Zhu
Junshe An

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1594802

1,596 views
1 citation

Review

Published on 11 Jun 2025

Nearly a decade of groundbreaking speckle interferometry at the international Gemini observatory

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Steve B. Howell
Clara E. Martínez-Vázquez
Elise Furlan
Nicholas J. Scott
Rachel A. Matson
Colin Littlefield
Catherine A. Clark
Kathryn V. Lester
Zachary D. Hartman
David R. Ciardi

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1608411

3,643 views
3 citations

Editorial

Published on 20 May 2025

Editorial: High-energy astrophysics research enabled by the probe-class mission concept HEX-P

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Daniel Stern
Kristin Madsen
Javier A. García

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1549342

2,053 views

Original Research

Published on 14 Mar 2025

Design of an eight-hole directional coupler for W-band cryogenic receivers

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Zhuoying Yan
Weiye Zhong
Jia Ma
Hui Zhang
Chao Zhang
Zhengwei Pu
Junzhi Wang

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2025.1538558

1,686 views

Original Research

Published on 20 Aug 2024

General heterogeneous real-time baseband backend system scheme applied to QTT based on RFSoC+GPU

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Qing-Song Zhang
Mao-Zheng Chen
Jian Li

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1420066

2,625 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 09 Aug 2024

Measurement and calibration of non-linear shear terms in galaxy cluster fields

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Binyang Liu
Ian Dell’Antonio
Nicolas Chotard
Douglas Clowe

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1411810

2,190 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Jul 2024

Design and implementation of a scalable correlator based on ROACH2 + GPU cluster for tianlai 96-dual-polarization antenna array

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Zhao Wang
Ji-Xia Li
Ke Zhang
Feng-Quan Wu
Hai-Jun Tian
Chen-Hui Niu
Ju-Yong Zhang
Zhi-Ping Chen
Dong-Jin Yu
Xue-Lei Chen

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1407870

2,136 views
4 citations

Original Research

Published on 10 Jul 2024

Numerical model of the QiTai radio Telescope PAF receiver signal and simulation of interference mitigation

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Peng Wu
Jian Li
Mao-Zheng Chen

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1392970

2,497 views
1 citation

Original Research

Published on 23 May 2024

Hetero-bonding strength investigation into opto-mechanical interface

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Haifei Hu
Di Zhou
Chenchen Zhao
Erhui Qi
Xiao Luo

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1406090

2,187 views
2 citations

Original Research

Published on 06 May 2024

Optimizing image processing for modern wide field surveys: enhanced data management based on the LSST science pipelines

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Yuanyu Hong
Chao Yang
Miaomiao Zhang
Yanpeng Chen
Binyang Liu

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1402793

3,325 views

Original Research

Published on 30 Apr 2024

PASAT: pathfinder in solar adaptive telescope

in Astronomical Instrumentation

Changhui Rao
Haisheng Ji
Hua Bao
Xuejun Rao
Jinsheng Yang
Youming Guo
Lanqiang Zhang
Libo Zhong
Xinlong Fan
Qingmin Zhang

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

doi 10.3389/fspas.2024.1369368

2,077 views
3 citations

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articles

A software defined aerospace payload testing platform based on AXI bus

A novel multiplexing data transmission architecture: multiplexing modulator (MM) for twin remote sensing satellites

LEO-CalSat for the Calibration of W-band Ground-Based CMB Polarization Experiments

QUBIC: an algorithm for detecting cosmic rays

Surface figure metrology for reflective membrane mirrors based on phase-measuring deflectometry

Long-wavelength UV-LEDs and charge management in the detection of gravitational waves in space

Near ultraviolet transient explorer (NUTEx): a CubeSat-based NUV imaging payload for transient sky surveys

Current development status of key technologies for high-performance on-board interconnection buses — analysis of TSN bus application prospects in aerospace

Adaptive extended Kalman filter and laser link acquisition in the detection of gravitational waves in space

A novel space intelligent computing and data processing architecture--the spacecraft payload health management unit (SPHMU)

The case for a rectangular format space telescope for finding exoplanets

Simulation analysis of stress-strain performance for a lightweight X-ray pulsar detection telescope frame structure

Design and performance characterization of H-band MCT camera: insights from pixel-level gain measurements

A universal ground test equipment design for the Chang’e series spacecraft

Nearly a decade of groundbreaking speckle interferometry at the international Gemini observatory

Editorial: High-energy astrophysics research enabled by the probe-class mission concept HEX-P

Design of an eight-hole directional coupler for W-band cryogenic receivers

General heterogeneous real-time baseband backend system scheme applied to QTT based on RFSoC+GPU

Measurement and calibration of non-linear shear terms in galaxy cluster fields

Design and implementation of a scalable correlator based on ROACH2 + GPU cluster for tianlai 96-dual-polarization antenna array

Numerical model of the QiTai radio Telescope PAF receiver signal and simulation of interference mitigation

Hetero-bonding strength investigation into opto-mechanical interface

Optimizing image processing for modern wide field surveys: enhanced data management based on the LSST science pipelines

PASAT: pathfinder in solar adaptive telescope