Satellites have been in orbit around the earth for a long time and their numbers have been
increasing at an exponential pace recently. However, ground stations, which are a critical …

In 2017, India launched a record 104 satellites into space. Barring one, the rest of the
satellites that were launched were small satellites. Small satellites are miniaturised satellites …

It's easy to overlook the central role satellites play today, simply because of how seamlessly
they integrate into our daily lives. From tens of thousands of kilometers away, navigation …

Small satellite systems enable a whole new class of missions for navigation,
communications, remote sensing, and scientific research for both civilian and military …

Currently it is almost impossible to consider any activity on Earth that could not directly or
indirectly be influenced by outer space. Some concrete examples of the advantages of …

Modern miniaturization technologies allow realization of satellites at very low masses. For
the example of the pico-satellite UWE-1 (University Würzburg's Experimental satellite) …

COMMUNICATIONS satellites now form part of our daily life, and the transmis~ ion of
telephone conversation, telex and TV programmes between nations and continents, using …

Disaster monitoring is a very important task to mitigate the effects of natural and human-
induced hazards by providing the necessary information to support decision makers or to …

Advances in microelectronics, materials, combined with affordable and frequent launch
opportunities has led to a revolution which consists of small satellite missions used for …

During the last years, nano and microsatellite technologies have encountered a fast
development materialized in projection of thousands of satellites to be launched in Low …