A Unique 16U CubeSat Architecture for 1.5m GSD Commercial Earth Observation

Satellite operators frequently use 3U and 6U CubeSats for Earth Observation (EO) applications. These nanosatellites do have a few challenges when addressing the needs of the commercial EO sector: ✔the demand for more spatial, spectral and radiometric detail ✔the long term reliability of the satellite bus, and ✔accuracy of the satellite imagery. This poster introduces a 16U CubeSat architecture to address these challenges by optimizing the imaging payload to fit in a 12U volume and the satellite bus within a 4U volume

A linear CCD sky scanner for aircraft detection

One copy microfiche.Thesis (M.Ing.) -- University of Stellenbosch, 1998.Full text to be digitised and attached to bibliographic record