Overview
- Discusses design and development of cost effective satellite systems
- Discusses applications for scientific, operational, public and commercial services
- Describes utilization of small satellites for communication, Earth observation, deep space missing, metrology and navigation
Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering (LNME)
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Conference proceedings info: ICOSS 2019. ICOSS 2022.
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Table of contents (50 papers)
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Front Matter
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Orbit and Attitude Control and Dynamics
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Payloads and Applications
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Keywords
About this book
This volume contains select papers presented during the 1st International Conference on Small Satellites, discussing the latest research and developments relating to small satellite technology. The papers cover various issues relating to design and engineering, ranging from the control, mechanical and thermal systems to the sensors, antennas and RF systems used. The volume will be of interest to scientists and engineers working on or utilizing satellite and space technologies.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
PSR Srinivasa Sastry is the Project Director for the first LEO Satellite of Defence Research and Development Organization. In RCI he has worked for the development of hydraulic and electo-mechanical actuation systems for AGNI, A1 to A5 and Interceptor Missiles AD, and designed and developed several electro-hydraulic and electro-mechanical actuators, analog and digital controllers
Jiji CV is a Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication, College of Engineering Trivandrum (CET), where his research focuses on computer vision, image processing, computational photography and signal processing.He has done his M. Tech and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He is also a visiting researcher in the University of Trento, Italy.
D.V.A Raghavamurthy is a the Director of Aerospace Research in Veltech University. He joined ISRO as a Systems Engineer after his M.Sc.(Tech) from REC Warangal, and worked on numerous satellite projects, including Bhaskara-II, TES, and IRS satellites. He was Project Director of Cartosat-1, IMS-1, YouthSat, SARAL and first Project Director of Chandrayaan 2. He had also been involved in small satellite projects till 2013, when he became the Director of the Earth Observations System in ISRO Head Quarters and was responsible for Earth observing satellites, missions and applications till his retirement in 2016.
V. Sambasiva Rao is a Professor in the Electrical and Communications Engineering Department in PES University and the Director of the Crucible of Research & Innovation (CORI), Bangalore. An engineering graduate from College of Engineering, Kakinada, (Andhra University), he obtained his Ph.D from BITS, Pilani, and was associated with ISRO in various capacities for 37 years, till his retirement as Deputy Director from ISRO Satellite Centre in June 2011. In ISROhe was responsible for the development of high bit rate data transmitters for all IRS series of satellites and various RF and microwave systems in S, C, X, Ku and Ka bands for IRS and INSAT missions, and was also associated with the planning of communication satellites and development of associated technologies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Advances in Small Satellite Technologies
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of 1st International Conference on Small Satellites
Editors: PSR Srinivasa Sastry, Jiji CV, D.V.A. Raghavamurthy, Samba Siva Rao
Series Title: Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1724-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1723-5Published: 05 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-1726-6Published: 05 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-1724-2Published: 04 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2195-4356
Series E-ISSN: 2195-4364
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 544
Number of Illustrations: 74 b/w illustrations, 245 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Control, Robotics, Mechatronics, Multiagent Systems, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)