Small Satellites is the first book to describe the state of the art in microstats, nanostats, picostats, and CubeSats and the possible missions they can perform. More than two dozen internationally renowned contributors provide commentary on 50 years of history.

The goal of this book is to identify and develop new materials approaches based on the direct-write technique (transfer method) and to demonstrate the required electronic or other device performances (chem/bio sensors, phosphor display, FET, etc.). Many different CAD/CAM approaches exist to direct write or transfer material patterns and each technique has its own merits and shortcomings. Many approaches are presented including plasma spray, laser particle guidance, MAPLE DW, laser CVD, micropen, inkjet, e-beam, focused ion beam, and several novel liquid or droplet microdispensing approaches....