Small Satellite Missions for Earth Observation

1. Overview on CNES Micro Satellites Missions: In Flight, Under Development and Next
Philippe Landiech, Paul Rodrigues

2. Small Earth Observing Satellites Flying with Large Satellites in the A-Train
Angelita C. Kelly, Adam Loverro, Warren F. Case, Nadège Quéruel, Chistophe Maréchal, Thérèse Barroso

3. INTAμSat-1 First Earth Observation Mission
Manuel Angulo, Laura Seoane, Elisa Molina, Manuel Prieto, Oscar Rodriguez, Segundo Esteban, Jordi Palau, Stefania Cornara

4. VENμS (Vegetation and Environment Monitoring on a New Micro Satellite)
Philippe Crebassol, Pierric Ferrier, Gérard Dedieu, Olivier Hagolle, Bertrand Fougnie, Francesc Tinto, Yoram Yaniv, Jacob Herscovitz

5. The “Ulingo” Mid-Low Latitudes Observation (MILO) Mission
Carlo Ulivieri, Giovanni Laneve, Emiliano Ortore

6. The Italian Precursor of an Operational Hyperspectral Imaging Mission
Andrea Sacchetti, Andrea Cisbani, Gianni Babini, Claudio Galeazzi

7. Space System “Radiomet” for GLONASS/GPS Navigation Signal Radio Occultation Monitoring of Lower Atmosphere and Ionosphere Based on Super-Small Satellites
A. Romanov, A. Selivanov, V. Vishnyakov, A. Vinogradov, V. Selin, A. Pavelyev, O. Yakovlev, S. Matyugov

8. The Study of Electromagnetic Parameters of Space Weather, Micro-Satellite “Chibis-M”
Stanislav Klimov, Denis Novikov, Valeriy Korepanov, Andriy Marussenkov, Csaba Ferencz, Janos Lichtenberger, Laszlo Bodnar

9. SEPSAT – A Nanosatellite to Observe Parameters of Space Weather
Jens Rießelmann, Franziska Arlt, Klaus Brieß, Lars Dornburg, Kay Köhler, Jana Weise

10. Small Satellite Constellations for Measurements of the Near-Earth Space Environment
Aaron Q. Rogers, Larry J. Paxton, M. Ann Darrin

11. Satellite Formation for a Next Generation Gravimetry Mission
Stefano Cesare, Sergio Mottini, Fabio Musso, Manlio Parisch, Gianfranco Sechi, Enrico Canuto, Miguel Aguirre, Bruno Leone, Luca Massotti, Pierluigi Silvestrin

12. EO Small Satellite Missions and Formation Flying
Tony Sephton, Alex Wishart, Helmut Rott, Thomas Nagler, Bernhard Grafmueller, David Hall, Alice Robert, Marline Claessens, Cristina Negueruela Alemán, Karsten Strauch, Kristof Gantois

13. Relative Trajectory Design for Bistatic SAR Missions
Marco D’Errico, Giancarmine Fasano

14. Conceptual Design of the FAST-D Formation Flying Spacecraft
D. Maessen, J. Guo, E. Gill, B. Gunter, Q.P. Chu, G. Bakker, E. Laan, S. Moon, M. Kruijff, G.T. Zheng

15. Earth Observation Using Japanese/Canadian Formation Flying Nanosatellites
Marleen Mierlo, Keisuke Yoshihara, Alfred Ng, Linh Ngo Phong, François Châteauneuf

16. A Bi/Multi-Static Microsatellite SAR Constellation
Tippawan Wanwiwake, Craig Underwood

17. Mission Design of the Dutch-Chinese FAST Micro-Satellite Mission
D. Maessen, J. Guo, E. Gill, E. Laan, S. Moon, G.T. Zheng

18. SPRITE-SAT: A University Small Satellite for Observation of High-Altitude Luminous Events
Yukihiro Takahashi, Kazuya Yoshida, Yuji Sakamoto, Takeshi Sakamoi

19. SwissCube: The First Entirely-Built Swiss Student Satellite with an Earth Observation Payload
Maurice Borgeaud, Noémy Scheidegger, Muriel Noca, Guillaume Roethlisberger, Fabien Jordan, Ted Choueiri, Nicolas Steiner

20. German Russian Education Satellite – Mission Outline and Objectives
D. Bindel, O. Khromov, M. Ovchinnikov, B. Rievers, J. Rodriguez Navarro, A. Selivanov

21. University Microsatellites Equipped with an Optical System for Space Debris Monitoring
Chantal Cappelletti, Fabrizio Paolillo

22. A First-MOVE in Satellite Development at the TU-München
Manuel Czech, Andreas Fleischner, Ulrich Walter

23. Design of a Small Educational Satellite for the Italian High School Students: The EduSAT Project
Filippo Graziani, Giuseppina Pulcrano, Maria Libera Battagliere, Fabrizio Piergentili, Fabio Santoni, Gabriele Mascetti

24. Testing of Critical Pico-Satellite Systems on the Sounding Rocket Rexus-4
Claas Olthoff, Ralf Purschke, Roland Winklmeier, Manuel Czech

25. Laboratory Facility for Simulation and Verification of Formation Motion Control Algorithms
D. Ivanov, Z. Ming, T. Walter, I. Zaramenskikh

26. Asynchronous Parallel Reactive System for Intelligent Small Satellite on-Board Computing Systems
Toshinori Kuwahara, Claas Ziemke, Michael Fritz, Jens Eickhoff, Hans-Peter Röser

27. NanoSiGN – Nanosatellite for scientific interpretation of GNSS dual-frequency signals in the low Earth orbit
Fabian Pacholke, Huu Quan Vu, Götz Kornemann

28. The Vegetation Instrument for the PROBA-V Mission
L. Vos, W. Moelans, J. Versluys, V. Moreau, J.F Jamoye, Jan Vermeiren, L. Maresi, M. Taccola

29. Software Defined LFM CW SAR Receiver for Microsatellites
Naveed Ahmed, Craig I. Underwood

30. PhytoMapper – Compact Hyperspectral Wide Field of View Instrument
L. Maresi, M. Taccola, M. Kohling, S. Lievens

31. Development of Spaceborne Small Hyperspectral sensor HSC-III for Micro Satellite
Yoshihide Aoyanagi, Shin Satori, Tsuyoshi Totani, Toshihiko Yasunaka, Akihiro Nakamura, Yusuke Takeuchi

32. Towards a Miniaturized Photon Counting Laser Altimeter and Stereoscopic Camera Instrument Suite for Microsatellites
S.G. Moon, S. Hannemann, M. Collon, K. Wielinga, E. Kroesbergen, J. Harris, E. Gill, D. Maessen

33. A Plan of Spaceborne ISAR Satellite Imaging System Aiming at Space Objects
Guodong Xu, Xinghui Cao, Fulin Su

34. Increasing the Data Volume Returned from Small Satellites
A. Silva Curiel, A. Haslehurst, P. Garner, M. Pointer, A. Cawthorne

35. Integrated Design Based Plug-and-Play Small SAR Satellite Project
Zhang Jinxiu, Cao Xibin, Lan Shengchang, Zhao Dan

36. Star Sensor Development Based on the TUBSAT Experience
M. Buhl, U. Renner

37. Small Sensors Big Choices
J. Leijtens, C. W. Boom

38. Robust and Fault Tolerant AOCS of the TET Satellite
Zizung Yoon, Thomas Terzibaschian, Christian Raschke, Olaf Maibaum

39. Implementation of the T3μPS in the Delfi-n3Xt Satellite
C. Müller, L. Perez Lebbink, B. Zandbergen, G. Brouwer, R. Amini, D. Kajon, B. Sanders

40. A Novel AOCS Cold-Gas Micro-Propulsion System Design and Applications to Micro and Nano Satellites
E. Razzano, M. Pastena

41. Navigation Needs for ESA’s Earth Observation Missions
J. Roselló Guasch, P. Silvestrin, M. Aguirre, L. Massotti

42. Benefits of Galileo for Future Satellite Missions
Werner Enderle

43. Differential GPS: An Enabling Technology for Formation Flying Satellites
Simone D’Amico, Oliver Montenbruck

44. GPS-Based Relative Navigation in Earth Observation Missions Relying on Cooperative Satellites
Alfredo Renga, Urbano Tancredi, Michele Grassi

Keywords: Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics