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Small Satellites: Past, Present, and Future

Henry Helvajian and Siegfried W. Janson, editors
876 p., 4-color illus.
Hardcover
ISBN 978-1-884989-22-3

1 The First Small Satellites: Sputnik, Explorer, and Vanguard

R. Gilbert Moore, Dept. of Physics, Utah State University

2 The History of Small Satellites

Siegfried W. Janson, The Aerospace Corporation

3 Clementine: The Rebirth of Smaller, High-Value Missions

Pete Rustan, Ground Enterprise Directorate, National Reconnaissance Office

4 The Role of AMSAT in the Evolution of Small Satellites

G . Gould Smith, AO-51 Command Station

5 Origin of CubeSat

Bob Twiggs, Depart. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University

6 Coalition Operationally Responsive Space: A "100 Satellite" Solution

Tom "Dingo" Doyne, Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering,, Office of the Secretary of Defense

7 The United States Air Force Academy FalconSAT Small Satellite Program

Timothy J. Lawrence, David J. Barnhart, Luke M. Sauter, Frederick T. Kiley, and Kenneth E. Siegenthaler, USAF Academy

8 The United States Naval Academy Small Low-Cost APRS Satellites

Bob Bruninga, U.S. Naval Academy Satellite Lab

9 The Naval Postgraduate School Small Satellites Program

Dan Sakoda, Jim Horning, and Rudy Panholzer, Space Systems Academic Group, Naval Postgraduate School

10 The UK's First Nanosatellite—SNAP-1

Craig I. Underwood, Surrey Space Centre, University of Surrey

11 Microvariability and Oscillations of STars (MOST) Mission: Canada's First Microsatellite and Space Telescope

Robert E. Zee, Space Flight Laboratory, University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, and Jaymie M. Matthews, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia

12 TUBSAT: The Technical University of Berlin Satellite Program

Matthias Buhl, Technical University of Berlin

13 Proba: ESA's Series of Small Satellite Testbeds

Frederic Teston, Dirk Bernaerts, and David Hardy, European Space Agency Technology Centre

14 A Revolutionary Approach to Spacecraft Design, Production, and Operations: Orbital's MicroStar Satellite

Dean Hawes and Srimal W. Choi, Orbital Sciences Corporation

15 Japan's Small Scientific Satellite, "INDEX" (Reimei)

Hirobumi Saito, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (ISAS/JAXA), and Masafumi Hirahara, Tokyo University

16 Mini AERCam: The Miniature Autonomous Extravehicular Robotic Camera

Steven Fredrickson, NASA Johnson Space Center

17 Developing and Maturing Microsatellite Formation Flight Technology

Alvar Saenz-Otero, Simon Nolet, David W. Miller, MIT Space Systems Laboratory, and Raymond Sedwick, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, ,

18 A Mass-Producible Glass/Ceramic Micropropulsion Unit for a Co-Orbiting Satellite Assistant (COSA) Mission

Adam Huang, University of Arkansas, and Siegfried W. Janson, William W. Hansen, Lee F. Steffeney, Henry Helvajian, The Aerospace Corporation

19 Toward Space-Based Wireless Sensor Networks

Tanya Vladimirova and David J. Barnhart, Surrey Space Centre, Department of Electronic Engineering University of Surrey

20 Picosatellites at The Aerospace Corporation

David Hinkley, The Aerospace Corporation

21 Small Satellite Mission Design and Operations

Daniel L. Oltrogge, 1Earth Research LLC, and Steven L. Hast, The Aerospace Corporation

22 Small Satellites: Space Debris and Reentry Hazards

W. Ailor, V. Chobotov, G. Peterson, R. Patera, The Aerospace Corporation

23 The Future of Small Satellites