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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback, xvi+494pp, NOT ex-library. Limited signs of mild wear only. A clean and bright copy with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. -- Select Contents: 1: Programmatics [NASA Earth Science and Small Satellites; Prospects of Next-Generation Earth Observation Missions; Second generation NanoSat-2 programme at INTA] 2: Hyperspectral & SAR Missions [Status of the Advanced German Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite; PROBA-V Mission; An Affordable Small Satellite SAR Mission; Switched CW SAR]; 3: New Missions I [New Small Satellites Join the International Earth Observing Constellation (A-Train); Earth Observation Low-Sized Satellite Soyuz-Sat-O for Multifunctional Space System; Autonomous Assembly of a Reconfigurable Space Telescope for Astronomy and Earth Observation; EIAST's UAE Space Programme; Small satellite constellations in multi-sunsynchronous orbits for the observation of tropical regions; Application of Microsatellites for Monitoring Natural Disaster Results in Siberia and for Educational Purposes; UNESCO International Satellite for Science Education and Basic Sciences; Verification challenges on the RSI payload development; Taiwan Experimental Microsatellite Project: CKUTEX; Outline and Progress of ASNARO Satellite System; Fine scale radar altimetry constellation for future oceanography using a generic small satellite platform; Operational Service for global Greenhouse Gas Observation; MRES; BST Training Program] 4: Constellations [DMC-3 1m Small Satellite Constellation; Research on mini-satellite formation applied to Earthquake forecast; Precision Formation Control for Inner-Formation Gravity Field Measurement Application; QB50 Project]; 5: Special Aspects I [Meeting the Future Launch Demand for Earth Observation Missions; Legal and regulatory context for small satellites; Single-Input Control in Formation of Small Satellites Aligned with Geomagnetic Field Induction Vector; A Passive De-orbiting Strategy for High Altitude CubeSat Missions through a Deployable Reflective Balloon] 6: Student Conference [ITASAT-1; FoX; Orbit Optimization for a Small Satellite Constellation for Observation at mid Latitudes] 7: Instruments [Remote Sensing using GPS signals; Development of the accelerometer sensor heads for the GOCE satellite; Instruments ELMAVAN and REPIN for the RESONANCE Mission] 8: New Land & Maritime Missions [Preliminary Concept of Shinshu University Microsatellite for Forest Monitoring; Boosting Small Satellite Missions for Earth Observation at Regional Level; Preliminary Assessment of an Integrated AIS/Imaging Spaceborne System for Maritime Surveillance] 9: Subsystems [SEPTA R 41 EV; Adaptive Computers in Space; Hardware Design of the Telecommand Receiver for the Small Satellite Flying Laptop] 10: Bus Systems [TET Satellite Bus; Constellation of Distributed NanoSats for Real Time Earth Observation; JAXA SDS-4 Spacecraft System Design & Test Results] 11: Special Aspects II [Software Component Model and its Monitoring Tool; An open-source system simulation framework for small-satellite development based on OpenSimKit, QEMU and System C; Design and development of a GNSS spaceborne receiver for Earth Observation satellites orbit determination] 12: Star Sensors & Wheels [STELLA; MABS; Current development of the Facet Nano star tracker] 13: Attitude Control Systems [PACE Nanosatellite Platform for Attitude Control Experiments; Software Reuse of the BIRD ACS for the TET Satellite Bus; An Attitude Determination System Implementation to Low Orbit Small Satellite with Fault-Tolerant Techniques] 14: New Missions II [Nemo Bus; Constellation and Spacecraft Design for GNSS Radio Occultation Mission with Selective Resolution for Severe Weather Forecasting; MeTERS] 15: Results & Lessons Learned [First on-orbit results from NigeriaSat-2; Challenges and Lessons Learned in Manufacturing the first Stellite Structure; 2 years of operating the RapidEye Constellation]. Seller Inventory # 003478