Publications


2026

On-Orbit Performance Enhancement for Very High-Resolution Microsat Earth Observation Mission

Authors: M. Azam, O. Öztekin, B. Memiş, B. Beynek, K. Göktürk, A. Ağırbaş, K. Sarıca, R. Üstüncan, R. Aslan

Conference: 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Antalya, Türkiye, 5–9 October 2026


Micro-Sat Structural Design and Development for a Very High-Resolution Earth Observation Payload

Authors: B. Memiş, O. Öztekin, A. R. Aslan

Conference: RAST, 2026


Software-Defined Earth Sensor for Precision Attitude Determination in CubeSats: AI-Driven Landmark Recognition and FPGA-Accelerated Visual Navigation

Authors: K. Göktürk, R. Aslan

Conference: 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 2026


Optimal Solar Panel Configurations for Micro/Nano Satellites

Authors: Y. Çiçek, R. Aslan

Conference: 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), 2026


Design of an Origami Structured Deployable S-Band Helical Antenna for 6U CubeSats

Authors: R. Üstüncan, R. Aslan

Conference: 77th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Antalya, Türkiye, 2026


2024

Thermal Control of RAFS 6U Atomic Clock CubeSat

Authors: Barış Beynek, Alim Rüstem Aslan, Onur Öztekin, Erdem Onur Özyurt, Adem Gedik, Yücel Deniz, Şahin Ersoy, Ramiz Hamid

Conference: 13th Nano-Satellite Symposium, 25 November 2024


Thermal Control System Analysis and Design of PAUSAT1 16U CubeSat

Authors: Barış Beynek, Onur Öztekin, Bilge Memiş, Mehreen Azam, Alim Rüstem Aslan

Conference: 13th Nano-Satellite Symposium, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 25 November 2024


2020

SAASST Ground Station: Satellite Tracking and Control for High Data Rates

Authors: Tarifa Alkaabi, Ibrahim Alsabt, Sahith Reddy Madara, Mohamed Binashourd, Ilias Fernini, Emirhan Eser Gül, Boğaç Karabulut, Hamid Al Naimiy, Alim Rüstem Aslan

Conference: 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) – The CyberSpace Edition, 12 October 2020


Structural Subsystem

Book Chapter: Nanosatellites: Space and Ground Technologies, Operations and Economics

Authors: Kenan Yüce Şanlıtürk, Murat Suer, Alim Rüstem Aslan

Publisher: Wiley, 2020

Pages: 143–166

2019

X-Ray Detector (XRD) on BeEagleSat and the Development of the Improved X-Ray Detector (iXRD)

Conference: 9th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2019), İstanbul, Türkiye, 11 June 2019

Authors: Emrah Kalemci, Alim Rüstem Aslan, Ayhan Bozkurt, Mustafa Erdem Baş, Milad Diba, Kaan Veziroğlu, Mehmet Deniz Aksulu, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Mehmet Ertan Ümit


An Affordable Satellite Positioning System Based on Existing GEO Satellite Fleet of Turkey

Conference: 9th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2019), İstanbul, Türkiye, 11 June 2019

Authors: Emre İçen, Alim Rüstem Aslan


RESISTOJET Propulsion System for Small Satellites

Conference: 9th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2019), İstanbul, Türkiye, 11 June 2019

Authors: Djamal Darfilal, Mohamed Khatir, Alim Rüstem Aslan


Space Technology Capacity Building in Support of SDG 2030 Through CubeSat SharjahSat-1

Conference: 9th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2019), İstanbul, Türkiye, 11 June 2019

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Hamid M. K. AlNaimiy, Ilias Fernini, Antonios Manousakis, Mubasshir Shaikh, Sahith Reddy Madara, Tarifa Alkaabi, Boğaç Karabulut, Onur Öztekin, Sibel Türkoğlu, Emrah Kalemci


Chapter 3: Determining the Orbital Lifetime of a Microsatellite

Book: A Handbook for Post-Mission Disposal of Satellites Less Than 100 kg

Publisher: International Academy of Astronautics, 2019

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Darren McKnight


2018

The UNISEC-Global New Vision 2030-ALL

Conference: 69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2018), Bremen, Germany, 1–5 October 2018

Authors: Rei Kawashima, Ibrahim Mohammed Khalil, Alim Rüstem Aslan, Mengü Cho, W. Herman Steyn, Klaus Schilling


Small Satellites and CubeSats

Conference: ICCA 2018, 25 July 2018

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan


2017

SGP4 Propagation Error Reduction Using Bias Correction Techniques for CubeSats

Conference: 4th IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and CubeSat Workshop, 4 December 2017

Authors: Volkan Çağlar Özcan, Alim Rüstem Aslan


UNISEC TR 2017 Activities

Conference: The Fifth UNISEC-Global Meeting, 2 December 2017

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan


Lessons Learned from Turkish QB50 Satellites

Conference: 9th European CubeSat Symposium, 29 November 2017

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Mustafa Karataş, Boğaç Karabulut, Sibel Türkoğlu, Cansu Cenik


Interactive CubeSat Design

Conference: ICASE 2017, 14 November 2017

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan


Small Satellite Technologies and Projects in Turkey

Conference: ICASE 2017, Islamabad, Pakistan, 14 November 2017

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan


Overview of CubeSats: Past, Present and Future with Example Missions

Workshop: ISNET/RJGC Workshop on CubeSat Technologies: Its Design and Development, 15 October 2017

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan


Small Satellite Technologies and CubeSats

Workshop: ISNET/RJGC Workshop on CubeSat Technologies: Its Design and Development, 15 October 2017

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan


On-Board Software for HAVELSAT CubeSat

Conference: 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2017), 19 June 2017

Authors: İsmail Arslan, Kamil Arslankoz, Ali Telli, Boğaç Karabulut, Alim Rüstem Aslan


Water Quality Management Using Nanosatellites

Conference: 8th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST 2017), 19 June 2017

Pages: 477–482

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Melih Toklu, Boğaç Karabulut, Cuma Yarım, Murat Şimşek, Turgut Berat Karyot, Kamal Besbes, A. M. Alimi, O. Ben Bahri, Asma Chaouch, Nader Gallah, Nissen Lazreg, Nizar Habbachi, Mohammad M. Mansour, C. Hamrouni, N. Tahri


First High-Resolution High-Speed CubeSat of Turkey

Conference: Joint Conference: 31st ISTS, 26th ISSFD & 8th Nano-Satellite Symposium, 3 June 2017

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Alime Yanartaş Özyıldırım, Murat Suer, Mustafa Erdem Baş, Erdinç Yakut, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Boğaç Karabulut, Mehmet Deniz Aksulu, Enes Erdoğan, Sibel Türkoğlu, Mustafa Karataş, Cansu Cenik, Özgün Sarı

2016

BeEagleSAT and HavelSat: Two 2U CubeSats for QB50

Conference: The 7th Nano-Satellite Symposium and the 4th UNISEC-Global Meeting, 18 October 2016

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Sibel Türkoğlu, Boğaç Karabulut, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Mustafa Erdem Baş, Erdinç Yakut, Mustafa Karataş, Cansu Cenik, Murat Suer, İsmail Arslan, Kamil Arslankoz


ASELSAT: High-Resolution High-Speed CubeSat

Conference: The 7th Nano-Satellite Symposium and the 4th UNISEC-Global Meeting, Varna, Bulgaria, 18 October 2016

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Alime Özyıldırım, Özgün Sarı, Murat Suer, Mustafa Erdem Baş, Erdinç Yakut, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Boğaç Karabulut, Mehmet Deniz Aksulu, Enes Erdoğan, Sibel Türkoğlu, Mustafa Karataş, Cansu Cenik


Small Satellites QB50 Project: BeEagleSAT and HavelSat

Conference: AEROEX 2016, 13 October 2016

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan


2015

The Integration and Testing of UBAKUSAT

Conference: 3rd IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and CubeSat Workshop & International Workshop on Lean Satellite Standardization, 30 November 2015

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Mengü Cho, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Boğaç Karabulut, Erdem Baş, Mehmet Deniz Aksulu, Mustafa Karataş, Erdinç Yakut, Murat Suer, Barış Dinç


Laboratory Performance of X-Ray Detector on 2U CubeSat BeEagleSat

Conference: 22nd IAA Symposium on Small Satellite Missions (IAC 2015), Jerusalem, Israel, 12 October 2015

Authors: Emrah Kalemci, Alim Rüstem Aslan, Mustafa Erdem Baş, İsa Eray Akyol, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Mehmet Deniz Aksulu


An On-Board Computer and a Beacon Modem into a Single Subsystem for CubeSats

Conference: 7th European CubeSat Symposium, 9 September 2015

Authors: Mustafa Erdem Baş, Mehmet Deniz Aksulu, İsa Eray Akyol, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Alim Rüstem Aslan


QB50 BeEagleSat: Inner–Outer Design Details and ADCS Testing Integration

Conference: 7th European CubeSat Symposium, 9 September 2015

Authors: Erdinç Yakut, Murat Suer, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Mustafa Erdem Baş, Sibel Türkoğlu, Alim Rüstem Aslan, Abdurrahman Hacıoğlu, Mansur Çelebi, Mustafa Emre Aydemir, Süleyman Baştürk, Serhan Gökçebağ, Ali Telli


The Integration and Testing of BeEagleSat

Conference: The 30th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS) and the 6th Nano-Satellite Symposium, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 4 July 2015

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Mansur Çelebi, Ahmet Sofyalı, Sibel Türkoğlu, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, İsa Eray Akyol, Mehmet Deniz Aksulu, Erdinç Yakut, Murat Suer, Serhan Gökçebağ, Mustafa Erdem Baş


HAVELSAT: A Software-Defined Radio Experimentation CubeSat

Conference: RAST 2015, 16 June 2015

Authors: Emre Baseski, Serhan Gökçebağ, Alim Rüstem Aslan, Osman Ceylan, Ahmet Erdem, S. Gökhan Erbay, Mücahit Akyol, Kamil Arslankoz, İsmail Arslan, Muhammet Akif Ağca, Yusuf Burak Aydın


Hierarchical Fuzzy Logic-Based Electrical Power Subsystem for Pico Satellite ERPSat-1

Journal: IEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2015, pp. 474–486

Authors: Nejib Bilel, Hamrouni Chafaa, Adel M. Alimi, Hiroshi Nakajima, Alim Rüstem Aslan


2013

X-Ray Detector on 2U CubeSat BeEagleSAT of QB50

Conference: 6th International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 12 June 2013

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Emrah Kalemci, Mehmet Ertan Ümit


Development of a LEO Communication CubeSat

Conference: RAST 2013, 11 June 2013

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, Hasan Bülent Yağcı, Mehmet Ertan Ümit, Ahmet Sofyalı, Mustafa Erdem Baş, Mehmet Şevket Uludağ, Okan Özen, Mehmet Deniz Aksulu, Erdinç Yakut, Cem Oran, Murat Suer, İsa Akyol, Berkant Ecevit, Mehmet Ersöz, İbrahim Öz, Şenol Gülgönül, Barış Dinç, Tahir Dengiz

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2011

TURKSAT 3USAT: A 3U Communication CubeSat

Conference: RAST 2011, 9 June 2011

Authors: Alim Rüstem Aslan, İbrahim Öz, Şenol Gülgönül, Mehmet Ertan Ümit, Ahmet Sofyalı, Ceyhun Tola


Lessons Learned from ITUpSAT1

Conference: 2nd Nano-Satellite Symposium, 14 March 2011

Authors: Mehmet Ertan Ümit, Alim Rüstem Aslan


2008

Flight Dynamic Analysis of ITUpSAT1

Conference: International Workshop on Small Satellites, New Missions and New Technologies, 1 June 2008

Authors: Melahat Cihan, Oğuz Ozan Haktanır, İlke Akbulut, Alim Rüstem Aslan


2007

ITUpSAT I: Istanbul Technical University Student Pico Satellite Program

Conference: Recent Advances in Space Technologies (RAST), 14 June 2007

Authors: Can Kurtuluş, Taşkın Baltacı, Murat Ulusoy, B. Tayfun Aydın, Bülent Tutkun, Gökhan İnalhan, Yıldırım Nuriye Leman Okşan Çetiner, Turgut Berat Karyot, Cuma Yarım, Fırat Oğuz Edis, Cengiz Hacızade, Alim Rüstem Aslan, Mehmet Fevzi Ünal

THESES

 

Özyurt, E. O., & Aslan, A. R. (2020). False star filtering and camera motion estimation via density-based clustering. Advances in Space Research, 75(4), 4035–4049. 

Üstüncan, R. (2025, June). Design of an origami structured deployable S-band helical antenna for 6U CubeSats / 6U küp uydular için origami yapılı açılabilir S-bant sarmal anten tasarımı. İstanbul Technical University

Ağırbaş, A. (2024, October 1). Mission management and control for CubeSats / Küp uydular için görev yönetimi ve kontrolü. İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi

Azam, M. (2024, June 24). Development and testing of software for a CubeSat for high-resolution Earth observation in low Earth orbit / Alçak yörüngede yüksek çözünürlüklü yer gözlemi için küp uydu yazılımının geliştirilmesi ve test edilmesi. İstanbul Technical University

Beynek, B. (2023, June 14). Flexible and compact preliminary thermal analysis tool for CubeSats / Küp uydular için esnek ve kompakt ön ısıl analiz aracı. İstanbul Technical University

Sarıca, K. (2023). Design and implementation of electronic subsystems for 1U, 2U and 3U CubeSats / 1U, 2U ve 3U küp uydular için elektronik alt sistemlerin tasarımı ve uygulanması. İstanbul Technical University

Öztekin, O. (2023, January). Dual camera system for medium-resolution Earth observation in CubeSats / Küp uydular için orta çözünürlüklü yer gözlemi amacıyla çift kamera sistemi. İstanbul Technical University

Gül, E. E. (2023, January 27). Development of a comprehensive simulation software for spacecraft missions / Uzay görevleri için kapsamlı bir simülasyon yazılımının geliştirilmesi. İstanbul Technical University

Çatal, E. (2022, August 11). Miniature electrical propulsion system design for CubeSats / Küp uydular için minyatür elektrikli itki sistemi tasarımı. İstanbul Technical University
Uludağ, M. Ş. (2016, December 28). Küp uydu yönelim belirleme ve kontrol sistemleri için test düzeneğinin oluşturulması / Establishment of a test setup for CubeSat attitude determination and control systems. İstanbul Technical University

Türkoğlu, S. (2015, August 21). Qb50 uydusunun yönelim belirleme ve kontrol sisteminin entegrasyonu ve testleri / Integration and testing of the attitude determination and control system of Qb50 satellite. Istanbul Technical University

Kılıç, Ç. (2015, February 16). Beeaglesat küp uydusu görev analizleri / Mission analyses of Beeaglesat CubeSat. Istanbul Technical University