25 YEARS OF SPACE AT SURREY—PIONEERING MODERN MICROSATELLITES

25 YEARS OF SPACE AT SURREY—PIONEERING MODERN MICROSATELLITES

Space at Surrey has developed over 25 years from very modest beginnings in 1974 to an international space centre by 1998. It has pioneered small satellites and succeeded in launching 14 low cost but sophisticated microsatellites over the course of two decades. In the 1990s, small satellites have bec...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta astronautica 2001-12, Vol.49 (12), p.681-691
1. Verfasser: Sweeting, M.N.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Orbits
Satellite communication systems
Space research
Space stations
Technology transfer
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Zusammenfassung:Space at Surrey has developed over 25 years from very modest beginnings in 1974 to an international space centre by 1998. It has pioneered small satellites and succeeded in launching 14 low cost but sophisticated microsatellites over the course of two decades. In the 1990s, small satellites have become fashionable—but this was not always so! This paper describes the 25 years history of “Space at Surrey”.
ISSN:0094-5765
1879-2030
DOI:10.1016/S0094-5765(01)00138-2