Overview
- Shows the advantages of small satellite missions:
- Faster return of data
- Larger variety of missions
- Greater involvement of local and small industry
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Table of contents (37 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Instruments
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Front Matter
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Constellations
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Subsystems (1)
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About this book
The 6th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, initiated by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), was again hosted by DLR, the German Aerospace Center. The participation of scientists, engineers, and managers from 24 countries reflected the high interest in the use of small satellites for dedicated missions applied to Earth observation.
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 from academia, industry and government, coming from four continents. The finalists presented their papers in the Student Conference session.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Small Satellites for Earth Observation
Book Subtitle: Selected Contributions
Editors: Rainer Sandau, Hans-Peter Röser, Arnoldo Valenzuela
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6943-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6942-0Published: 23 April 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7772-1Published: 10 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6943-7Published: 18 April 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 406
Topics: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Aerospace Technology and Astronautics