Abstract: Small, low-cost satellite systems, like CubeSats or other microsatellites, can exhibit reduced reliability relative to higher-cost satellite systems. This can result in difficulty identifying, communicating with, and tracking such satellite systems when they fail. Provided herein are reliable, low-cost, low-energy, turn-key systems for identification and tracking of small satellites that can be readily added to a microsatellite with minimal integration costs and while occupying a minimal amount of volume, mass, and external area of the host satellite. These systems are electrically isolated from the satellite bus, being powered by internal batteries or other separate energy sources and providing reliable identification and tracking even when the other systems of the satellite have failed.

Abstract: Small, low-cost satellite systems, like CubeSats or other microsatellites, can exhibit reduced reliability relative to higher-cost satellite systems. This can result in difficulty identifying, communicating with, and tracking such satellite systems when they fail. Provided herein are reliable, low-cost, low-energy, turn-key systems for identification and tracking of small satellites that can be readily added to a microsatellite with minimal integration costs and while occupying a minimal amount of volume, mass, and external area of the host satellite. These systems are electrically isolated from the satellite bus, being powered by internal batteries or other separate energy sources and providing reliable identification and tracking even when the other systems of the satellite have failed.

Abstract: Storage scripting, executed by a processing device on a host machine, provides an indication of a masking view to a storage platform and receives a data array comprising an indication of a contents of the masking view. The storage scripting identifies at least one host machine from the contents of the masking view, sends a first command to the storage platform to identify storage devices associated with the at least one host machine and receives an indication of one or more storage devices associated with the at least one host machine. The storage scripting further sends a second command to the storage platform requesting a logical unit identifier associated with at least one of the one or more storage devices, receives the logical unit identifier, and updates the data array to reflect the logical unit identifier.

Abstract: Thermionic emission of electrons is utilized to initiate arc discharge in a pulsed plasma thruster.