PrefaceForewordContributors1. A Brief History of Nanosatellites2. On-Board Computer and Data Handling3. Operational Systems4. Attitude Control and Determination5. Propulsion Systems6. Communications7. Structural Subsystem8. Power Systems9. Thermal Design, Analysis, and Test10. Systems Engineering and Quality Assessment11. Integration and Testing12. Scientific Payloads13. In-Orbit Technology Demonstration14. Nanosatellites as Educational Projects15. Formations of Small Satellites16. Precise, Autonomous Formation Flight at Low Cost17. Launch Vehicles - Challenges and Solutions18. Deployment Systems19. Mission Operations20. Mission Examples21. Ground Segment22. Ground Station Networks23. Ground-based satellite tracking24. AMSAT25. Cost breakdown for the development of Nanosatellites26. Launch Costs27. Policies & Regulations in Europe28. Policies and Regulations in North America29. International Organizations and International Cooperation30. Economy of Small Satellites31. Economics and the Future32. Networks of NanosatellitesIndex
EditorsRogerio Atem de Carvalho, Instituto Federal Fluminense, BrazilJaime Estela, Spectrum Aerospace Group, Germany and PeruMartin Langer, Technical University of Munich, Germany, Orbital Oracle Technologies GmbH, Germany