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| Small Satellites: Past, Present, and Future |
H. Helvajian, The Aerospace Corporation
S. Janson, The Aerospace Corporation
Aerospace Press Series
Published by Aerospace Press, © 2009, 876 pages, Hardback
ISBN-10: 1-884989-22-5
ISBN-13: 978-1-884989-22-3
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This is the first book to describe the state of the art of nanosats, picosats, cubesats, and the possible missions they can perform.
Small satellites serve as low-mass platforms that can be sent into orbit for well under a few million dollars, thus allowing nonspacefaring nations, corporations, and educational institutions low-cost access to space. A nanosatellite can be developed by any nation or organization, and launched by any number of means, ranging from traditional ballistic rockets to airborne missiles, balloon-assist launchers, rail guns, and even cannons. Some space missions can use mass-produced small satellites in large constellations or local clusters.
The contributors provide an overview of small satellite technologies, missions, and architectures, allowing the reader to learn how various small satellites are designed, fabricated, and flown, as well as new types of space architectures, missions, and satellite designs. Readers will also learn about new materials and cost-effective manufacturing techniques for mass-producing mass-customizable small satellites.
Space technologists, policy experts, and governments will get a fresh view of the potentially revolutionary capabilities of this emerging technology.
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Table of Contents:
- The First Small Satellites: Sputnik, Explorer, and Vanguard
- The History of Small Satellites
- Clementine: The Rebirth of Smaller, High-Value Missions
- The Role of AMSAT in the Evolution of Small Satellites
- Origin of CubeSat
- Coalition Operationally Responsive Space: A 100 Satellite Solution
- The United States Air Force Academy FalconSAT Small Satellite Program
- The United States Naval Academy Small Low-Cost APRS Satellites
- The Naval Postgraduate School Small Satellites Program
- The UK’s First Nanosatellite—SNAP-1
- Microvariability and Oscillations of STars (MOST) Mission: Canada’s First Microsatellite and Space Telescope
- TUBSAT: The Technical University of Berlin Satellite Program
- Proba: ESA’s Series of Small Satellite Testbeds
- A Revolutionary Approach to Spacecraft Design, Production, and Operations: Orbital’s MicroStar Satellite
- Japan’s Small Scientific Satellite, INDEX (Reimei)
- MiniAERCam: The Miniature Autonomous Extravehicular Robotic Camera
- Developing and Maturing Microsatellite Formation Flight Technology
- A Mass-Producible Glass/Ceramic Micropropulsion Unit for a Co-Orbiting Satellite Assistant (COSA) Mission
- Toward Space-Based Wireless Sensor Networks
- Picosatellites at The Aerospace Corporation
- Small Satellite Mission Design and Operations
- Small Satellites: Space Debris and Reentry Hazards
- The Future of Small Satellites
- The Generation After Next: Satellites as an Assembly of Mass-Producible Functionalized Modules
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