An overview of small satellites in remote sensing

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 4285-4337

  Kramer, Herbert J ^a   Cracknell, Arthur P ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST ENGINEERING; COST REDUCTION; DATA HANDLING; DNA SEQUENCES; EARTH (PLANET); ENGINEERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING; PERSONNEL TRAINING; REMOTE SENSING; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE OPTICS; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

COMMERCIAL OFF-THE-SHELF TECHNOLOGY; MICROSATELLITE TECHNOLOGY; ON THE JOB TRAININGS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; SMALL SATELLITE DESIGN; SURREY SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY LTD; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TECHNOLOGY INTRODUCTIONS;

SPACE-BASED RADAR;

ENVISAT-1; IMAGING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SATELLITE MISSION; SPACECRAFT; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 48249130927     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160801914952     Document Type: Review

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