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The Satellite Cookbook
  • The Satellite Cookbook: Or How To Build A Satellite
  • Index
  • 🔧Part I: Space Mission Engineering
    • Introduction
      • What is Space Mission Engineering?
      • History
      • Technology, Applications, Economics
      • Key Players
    • Concurrent Engineering
      • Process
      • Objectives, Constraints, Requirements
      • Concept Definition
      • Mission Analysis & Utility
      • Formal Requirements
    • Space Environment
      • Space Environment and Space Weather
      • Earth's Magnetic Field
      • Radiation Belts
      • Microgravity
      • Orbital Debris
    • Astrodynamics & Mission Analysis
      • Space Geometry
        • Applications
        • Parameter Computation
        • Relative Motion
      • Orbits & Astrodynamics
        • Keplerian Orbits
        • Orbits of the Moon and Planets
        • Terminology
        • Orbit Perturbations, Geopotential Models, and Satellite Decay
        • Specialised Orbits
        • Orbit Maneuvers
        • Summary: Rules of Practical Astrodynamics
      • Orbit Design
        • Orbit Selection and Design Process
        • Orbit Performance
        • Orbit Cost
        • Selecting Earth-Referenced Orbits
        • Selecting Transfer, Parking, and Space-Referenced Orbits
        • Constellation Design
        • Interplanetary Orbits
    • Cost Estimating
      • Introduction to Cost Estimating
      • Estimating Tools
        • Botto-up Cost Estimator
        • Parametric Cost Estimators
        • Experience Based Cost Estimators
    • Financing & Law
      • Sources
        • Africa
        • Asia
        • Europe
        • North America
        • Oceania
        • South America
      • GAAP, Amortization and Return on Investment (ROI)
      • Law and Policy Considerations
  • 🛰️Part II: Spacecraft & Payload Design
    • Overview of Spacecraft Design
      • Spacecraft Design Process
      • Space System Design Drivers
      • Spacecraft Configuration Alternatives
      • Partitioning Spacecraft into Subsystems
      • Preliminary Spacecraft Budgets
        • Spacecraft Budget Tools
      • Design Evolution
      • Future of Spacecraft Design
    • Payload
      • Overview of Payload Design
        • Types of Space Payloads
        • Tradeoffs
        • Payload Design
        • Electromagnetic Spectrum
      • Communication Payloads
        • Space Mission Communications Architecture
        • Link Analysis
        • Payload Design
      • Observation Payloads
        • Payload Design
        • Payload Sizing
        • Evolution
    • Propulsion
      • Basic Rocket Equations
      • Staging
      • Chemical Propulsion Systems
      • Plume Considerations
      • System Design Elements
      • Electric Propulsion
      • Alternative Propulsion Systems
    • Subsystems
      • Control Systems
        • Attitude Determination and Control
        • Trajectory Navigation and Control
      • On Board Data Handling
        • Computer System Baseline
        • Preliminary Design
      • Communications
        • Power
        • Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C)
      • Power
      • Structure & Configuration
      • Thermal
    • Logistics and Manufacturing
    • Risk
    • Alternative Designs
  • 🚀Part III: Launch & Operations
    • Launch Vehicles
      • Vehicle Selection
      • History
      • Basic Mechanics of Launch
      • Launch Environments
      • Available Vehicles
    • Launch Operations
      • Launch Sites and Launch Restrictions
      • Launch Site Preparation
      • Readiness Reviews
      • Launch Site Access
      • Launch Site Training
      • Transporting the Spacecraft to the Launch Site
      • Launch Site Processing
      • Launch Day
      • Post Launch and Early Operations
      • Modernising Launch Operations
      • Common Mistakes
    • Ground System
      • Antenna Services
      • Data Accounting and Distribution Services
      • Ground System Driving Requirements and Sizing
      • Technology Trends
    • Mission Operations
      • Mission Planning and Operations Development
      • Mission Execution
      • Mission Termination and Post-Mission Activities
      • Best Practices
      • Future of Mission Operations
    • End of Mission
      • IADC End of Mission Guidelines
      • LEO Disposal Options
      • Non-LEO Disposal Options
      • Passivation
      • Disposal Planning
  • Ethics & Philosophy
    • Space exploration
    • Vanity projects
    • Is it worth it?
  • Additional reference material
    • ESA and ECSS documents
    • Satellite orbit and range parameters
    • Example mass and power budgets
    • Satellite Missions Catalogue
  • Build Your Own
  • Databases
    • CEOS ESA Database - Catalogue of Satellite Missions
  • Case study's
    • Radar Constellation
    • On-Orbit Servicing and Debris Removal
    • Mars
    • Starlink
  • Contact
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CEOS ESA Database - Catalogue of Satellite Missions

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Mission

Agency

Status

Launch date

EOL date

Applications

Instruments

Orbit details & URL

ADM-Aeolus Atmospheric Dynamics Mission (Earth Explorer Core Mission)

ESA

Operational (nominal)

22 Aug 2018

Aug 2022

Will provide wind profile measurements for global 3D wind field products used for study of atmospheric dynamics, including global transport of energy, water, aerosols, and chemicals.

ALADIN

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: 405 km Period: 92.5 mins Inclination: 97.01 deg Repeat cycle: 7 days LST: 18:00 Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: Ascending Links:

AISSat-1 Automatic Identification System Satellite-1

NOSA

Operational (extended)

12 Jul 2010

Dec 2021

Demonstrate and extend access to AIS (Automatic Identification System) signals beyond the land-based AIS system operated by the Norwegian Coastal Administration today. Observe ship traffic in the High North.

AIS

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: 624 km Period: 97 mins Inclination: 98.1 deg Repeat cycle: LST: 04:00:00 Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: Descending Links:

AISSat-2 Automatic Identification System Satellite-2

NOSA

Operational (extended)

08 Jul 2014

Dec 2021

Extend access to AIS (Automatic Identification System) signals beyond the land-based AIS system operated by the Norwegian Coastal Administration today. Observe ship traffic in the High North.

AIS

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: 628 km Period: 97 mins Inclination: 98.4 deg Repeat cycle: LST: 05:30:00 Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: Descending Links:

Aist-2T N1 Environmental Satellite Aist-2T N1

ROSKOSMOS

Planned

2023

2028

Earth resources, environmental and disaster monitoring, cartography.

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: Period: Inclination: Repeat cycle: LST: Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: TBD Links:

Aist-2T N2 Environmental Satellite Aist-2T N2

ROSKOSMOS

Planned

2023

2028

Earth resources, environmental and disaster monitoring, cartography.

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: Period: Inclination: Repeat cycle: LST: Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: TBD Links:

ALOS-2 Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2

JAXA

Operational (extended)

24 May 2014

May 2024

Environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, civil planning, agriculture and forestry, Earth resources, land surface and ocean monitoring.

CIRC, PALSAR-2 (ALOS-2)

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: 628 km Period: 97 mins Inclination: 97.9 deg Repeat cycle: 14 days LST: 12:00 Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: Descending Links:

ALOS-3 Advanced Land Observing Satellite-3

JAXA

Approved

Mar 2022

Mar 2029

Disaster monitoring, coastal and land environmental monitoring, the maintenance and updates of precise geospatial information. Mission instruments will be Optical Sensors (Pan, Multi).

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: 669 km Period: 98 mins Inclination: 98.1 deg Repeat cycle: 35 days LST: 10:30 Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: Descending Links:

ALOS-4 Advanced Land Observing Satellite-4

JAXA

Approved

Mar 2023

Mar 2030

Environmental monitoring, disaster monitoring, civil planning, agriculture and forestry, Earth resources, land surface.

ALOS-4 SAR (L-band)

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: 628 km Period: 97 mins Inclination: 97.9 deg Repeat cycle: 14 days LST: 12:00 Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: Descending Links:

ALTIUS Atmospheric Limb Tracker for Investigation of the Upcoming Stratosphere (ALTIUS)

ESA

Approved

Dec 2025

Dec 2028

Altius carries a high-resolution 2D imager that observes ozone from the side, at Earth's limb or atmospheric boundary.

ALTIUS Instrument

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: 668 km Period: Inclination: Repeat cycle: 3 days LST: Fixed between 10:00 – 14:00 Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: Links:

AMAZONIA-1 Amazonia 1

INPE

Operational (nominal)

28 Feb 2021

Feb 2025

Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface.

WFI-2 (Amazonia-1)

Type: Sun-synchronous Altitude: 752 km Period: 99.9 mins Inclination: 98.4 deg Repeat cycle: 26 days LST: 10:30 Longitude (if geo): Asc/desc: Descending Links: |

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