Small Satellites for Earth Observation : Selected Contributions - Sandau, Rainer; Roeser, Hans-Peter.; Valenzuela, Arnoldo; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Programmatics -- NASA Earth Observation Programs and Small Satellites -- Incubating Domestic Space-Qualified Manufacturers Through ROCSAT Programs -- Trends and Visions for Small Satellite Missions -- Development of the MicroSat Programme at INTA -- Missions (1) -- Moving Towards Commercial Earth Observation Services with Small Satellite Constellations -- PROBA Spacecraft Family -- Small Satellites and Earth Observation Systems for Small Countries and Regions -- Instruments -- Development of a High-Performance Optical System for Small Satellites -- Comparison of Atmospheric Ozone Measurements Between NASA's Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) and the FASAT-BRAVO Ozone Mapping Detector (OMAD) -- Serious Microsats Need Serious Instruments, MIBS and the First Results -- Constellations -- Feasibility of a Constellation of Miniature Satellites for Perform ing Measurements of the Magnetic Field of the Earth -- Preliminary Concepts and Analysis of Future Earth Observation Missions Based on Distributed Radars -- The Swarm Magnetometry Package -- EO Formation Flying Applications for Small Satellite Missions -- Subsystems (1) -- GPS for Microsatellites - Status and Perspectives -- On-the-Fly Merging of Attitude Solutions -- Design and On-Orbit Evaluation of Magnetic Attitude Control System for the "REIMEI" Microsatellite -- GPS and Low Cost Sensors in Navigation -- Students Session -- GPS Based Attitude Determination for the Flying Laptop Satellite -- Electromagnetic Formation Flight System Design -- Preliminary System Simulation Environment of the University Micro-Satellite Flying Laptop -- A Miniaturised UV Imaging Spectrometer for Remote Sensing of Atmosphere: Volcanic Sulphur Dioxide, Ozone, and Aerosols -- BeeSat Attitude Determination and Control System -- Special Aspects -- Initial SPHERES Operations Aboard the International Space Station -- BIRD Microsatellite Thermal Control System - 5 Years of Operation in Space -- The "Mailbox Gound Station" - A Procedure to Improve the Operational Key Requirements of Earth Observation Systems -- A Software-Defined Radio Approach for the Implementation of Ground Station Receivers -- Missions (2) -- Mission Requirements and Analysis of Indonesia's Second Generation Satellite to Support Food Security Program -- A Low-Cost Microsatellite Platform for Multispectral Earth Observation -- Nano-Satellites for Micro-Technology Pre-Qualification: The Delfi Program of Delft University of Technology -- Spacecraft Bus -- Development of the Method of the Creation of Micro Satellite (~50 kg) Platforms for the Fundamental and Applied Research of the Earth and Near-Earth Outer Space -- Indigenous Mission of Satellite System Development Program in Taiwan -- Lessons Learned -- First Year in Orbit - Results from the Beijing-1 Operational High Resolution Small Satellite -- An Introduction to FORMOSAT-2's Global Effectiveness -- TopSat: Lessons Learned from a Small Satellite Mission -- Subsystems (2) -- High Data Rate X-Band Transmitter for Low Earth Orbit Satellites -- Flowing Taks: Scalable Software Dependability and Performance.
Keywords: Remote sensing; Space sciences; Aerospace engineering; Astronautics; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics