Status and trends of small satellite missions for Earth observation

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 66, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Sandau, Rainer ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earth observation; Remote sensing; Small satellite

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; EARTH OBSERVATION; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS; SMALL SATELLITE; SMALL SATELLITE CONSTELLATION; SMALL SATELLITE MISSION; SMALL SATELLITES; TIME RESOLUTION; UNIQUE FEATURES;

OBSERVATORIES; REMOTE SENSING;

SATELLITES;

EID: 70350716740     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2009.06.008     Document Type: Review

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