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The nanosatellite revolution : 30 years and continuing H. Helvajian and S.W. Janson.

This work assembles chapters from contributors across our planet to document technologies, applications, missions, licensing requirements and lessons learned by individuals and organizations that have participated in the nanosatellite revolution. This book is not intended as a "how to" or...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Helvajian, H. (Editor), Janson, S. W. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bellingham, Washington : SPIE Press, [2023].
Subjects:
Microspacecraft > History.
Microspacecraft.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface: "The Nanosatellite Revolution: 30 Years and Continuing"
  • Contributors
  • 1 Small Spacecraft for In-Situ Plasma Research and Review of Russian Small-Satellite Format
  • 2 The Start of Something Great! How NASA Ames Launched the NASA Biological and Scientific CubeSat Revolution
  • 3 One Year On-Orbit Operation of a Micropropulsion System Using an Ion Thruster and Cold-Gas Thrusters on the 50-Kg-Class Micro Space Probe, PROCYON
  • 4 Small-Satellite Trending and Reliability 2009-2018
  • 5 MarCO: Mars Cube One
  • 6 STU-2: A 3 CubeSat Constellation for Earth Observation and Marine/Air Traffic Monitoring
  • 7 The AeroCube-6 Mission
  • 8 Design, Integration, Test, Launch and In-Orbit Test of NUS' First Nanosatellite
  • Galassia
  • 9 Space-Based AIS with a Norwegian Small-Satellite Constellation
  • 10 IceCube: Submillimeter-Wave Technology Development for Future Science on a CubeSat
  • 11 Meeting the Challenge of More-Capable NanoSat Missions
  • 12 What Is the Right Look for a Constellation of Small Satellites?
  • 13 DARPA Nanosatellite Technologies: Enabling New Warfighting
  • 14 Optical Communications from Low-Earth-Orbiting CubeSats
  • 15 Innovative and Unique Launch Opportunity for Small Satellites
  • 16 Multi-Aspect Cosmic Ray Ion Detectors for Deep-Space CubeSats
  • 17 GNSS Radio Occultation Sensors on Nanosatellites
  • 18 Nanosatellite Communications
  • 19 SASSI2, a CubeSat Sensor Platform for Atmospheric Entry
  • 20 Water Heat Pipes as a Passive Thermal Control Method for Future
  • 21 Navigating the U.S. Policy Compliance Roadmap 651
  • 22 Small Satellites and Space Traffic Management 677
  • 23 Ground Station in the Cloud for Future Space 703
  • 24 Active-Membrane Spacecraft for Challenging 21st Century Missions
  • 25 HIVE: A New Architecture for Space
  • 26 Enabling High-Resolution Imaging and Spectroscopy of an Exoplanet by Use of the Solar Gravity Lens
  • Epilogue: "The Future Isn't What It Used to Be"
  • References
  • Index