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In order to reflect the increasing importance and interest of the microsatellites in high technology and scientific applications in space, the Colloquium on Microsatellites as Research Tools was organized to promote its usage and technology development and to foster the international cooperation, especially in the area of the Asia pacific region. Attended by 150 participants from 18 countries the colloquium was organized into five major themes: regional development, lessons learned, innovations, scientific applications, and education. A special session was organized as well by the organizing

Microspacecraft --- Scientific satellites --- Lightsats --- Micro satellites --- Microsats --- Small satellites --- Small spacecraft --- Spacecraft, Micro --- Ultra compact spacecraft --- Ultralightweight spacecraft --- Space vehicles

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Microspacecraft. --- Nanosatellites. --- Nano-satellites --- Artificial satellites --- Lightsats --- Micro satellites --- Microsats --- Small satellites --- Small spacecraft --- Spacecraft, Micro --- Ultra compact spacecraft --- Ultralightweight spacecraft --- Space vehicles --- Nanosatèl·lits --- Satèl·lits petits.

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Next Generation of CubeSats and SmallSats: Enabling Technologies, Missions, and Markets provides a comprehensive understanding of the small and medium sized satellite approach and its potentialities and limitations. The book analyzes promising applications (e.g., constellations and distributed systems, small science platforms that overachieve relative to their development time and cost) as paradigm-shifting solutions for space exploitation, with an analysis of market statistics and trends and a prediction of where the technologies, and consequently, the field is heading in the next decade. The book also provides a thorough analysis of CubeSat potentialities and applications, and addresses unique technical approaches and systems strategies. Throughout key sections (introduction and background, technology details, systems, applications, and future prospects), the book provides basic design tools scaled to the small satellite problem, assesses the technological state-of-the-art, and describes the most recent advancements with a look to the near future. This new book is for aerospace engineering professionals, advanced students, and designers seeking a broad view of the CubeSat world with a brief historical background, strategies, applications, mission scenarios, new challenges and upcoming advances.

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Microspacecraft. --- Signal processing --- Digital techniques. --- Digital signal processing --- Digital communications --- Digital electronics --- Lightsats --- Micro satellites --- Microsats --- Small satellites --- Small spacecraft --- Spacecraft, Micro --- Ultra compact spacecraft --- Ultralightweight spacecraft --- Space vehicles

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This book deals with different aspects of small satellites for Earth observation - programmatics - current and planned Earth observation missions - spacebased instruments - satellite constellations - satellite subsystems - spacecraft bus systems - lessons learned - special aspects (e.g. thermal control, integration and test, launch services, ground station). The material provided is collected from the 6th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, initiated by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), and 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. Audience: This book will be of interest to practitioners and professionals in the remote sensing field.

Artificial satellites --- Microspacecraft --- Artificial satellites in remote sensing --- Lightsats --- Micro satellites --- Microsats --- Small satellites --- Small spacecraft --- Spacecraft, Micro --- Ultra compact spacecraft --- Ultralightweight spacecraft --- Space vehicles --- Astrophysics. --- Astronautics. --- Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Remote sensing. --- Space sciences. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering --- Remote-sensing imagery --- Remote sensing systems --- Remote terrain sensing --- Sensing, Remote --- Terrain sensing, Remote --- Aerial photogrammetry --- Aerospace telemetry --- Detectors --- Space optics