Technology for Small Spacecraft

Panel on Small Spacecraft Technology, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1 Introduction; 4 2 Systems Engineering and Operations; 5 3 Spacecraft Propulsion Technology; 6 4 Spacecraft Electric Power; 7 5 Spacecraft Structures and Materials; 8 6 Small Spacecraft Communications Technology; 9 7 Guidance and Control Technology; 10 8 Sensors for Small Spacecraft; 11 9 Robotics, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence; 12 10 Launch Vehicle Technology for Small Spacecraft; 13 11 Overall Findings and Recommendations; 14 List of References; 15 Appendix A: Title I of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as Amended (Public Law 85-568); 16 Appendix B: Small Spacecraft Applications; 17 Appendix C: Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology's Small Spacecraft Technology Initiative; 18 Appendix D: Current NASA and DoD Small Spacecraft Programs; 19 Appendix E: Study Participants; 20 Appendix F: NASA Earth-Observing Instruments