Small Satellite Missions
A special issue of Aerospace (ISSN 2226-4310). This special issue belongs to the section "Astronautics & Space Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 4042
Special Issue Editors
Interests: CubeSats; small satellites; satellites system engineering; satellite constellations; in-orbit experiments; satellite navigation; space system development and operations; space traffic management; space debris
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Interests: CubeSats; small satellites; satellite system engineering; earth observation; remote sensing; space weather; space environment; in-orbit experiments; optical payloads
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The miniaturization of spacecraft and in-orbit technologies is leading to a broader usage of small satellite platforms for technology demonstration, scientific experiments, and New Space businesses in the Earth's orbit. Given the number and the significance of the small satellite market and the exploitation of such platforms for scientific purposes, we propose the Aerospace Special Issue on “Small Satellite Missions”.
This aims to bring together cutting-edge research on the development of novel technologies, experiments, and methodologies for the development, assurance, and operations of small satellites. We encourage submissions that explore a wide range of innovative techniques and technologies, including but not limited to:
- Small satellite (mini-, micro-, nano-, and pico-satellite) missions design and development.
- Miniaturization of technologies for implementation in small satellites.
- Assembly, Integration and Verification (AIV) approaches to small satellite missions and constellations.
- Constellation and swarms design and operations.
- Distributed ground segment networks for small satellite missions.
- Innovative approaches to system engineering applied to small satellite missions.
- Subsystems development and operations for small satellite missions and operators.
- New mission profiles (MEO, HEO, Near-Earth, Lunar, Deep Space, Planetary) for small satellite missions.
- Trajectory design and navigation systems.
- Small satellites tracking and space traffic management.
Authors are encouraged to present original research articles that provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in this rapidly evolving field.
Dr. Paolo Marzioli
Dr. Necmi Cihan Örger
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- small satellites
- CubeSats
- nano-satellites
- micro-satellites
- mini-satellites
- AIV
- system engineering
- space systems
- mission analysis
- space traffic management
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