Small satellites for earth observation: Selected Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics

As in the previous symposia, the contributions showed that dedicated Earth observation missions cover a wide range of very different tasks. These missions provide increased opportunities for access to space and can be conducted relatively quickly and inexpensively. The spacecraft bus, the instruments, and the ground systems can be based either on optimized off-the-shelf systems with little or no requirements for new technology, or on new high-technology designs. Thus a new class of advanced small satellite missions, including autonomously-operating ‘intelligent’ satellites and satellite constellations can be created, opening new fields of application for science and the public. The symposium provided 11 sessions for oral presentations and one poster session. Furthermore, in our 6th Symposium the Student Prize Paper Competition has been continued. The student papers have been evaluated by distinguished judges selected fromacademia, industry and government, coming from four continents. Shows the advantages of small satellite missions: Faster return of data. Larger variety of missions. Greater involvement of local and small industry INDICE: Session 1 - Programmatics. Session 2 - Missions (1). Session 3 - Instruments. Session 4 - Constellations. Session 5 - Subsystems (1). Session 6 - Students Session. Session 7 - Special aspects. Session 8 - Missions (2). Session 9 - Spacecraft bus. Session 10 - Lessons learned. Session 11 - Subsystems(2).

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-6942-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés