Notes

"IAA Commission IV Study Group, Commission IV: System Operation & Utilisation, International Academy of Astronautics, October 2005"--P. proceeding t.p. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Introduction -- 2. Definition of cost-effective Earth observation missions -- 3. Background material and organizational support -- 4. Mission cost drivers -- 5. Cost estimation and modeling -- 6. Achieving cost effective missions -- 7. Application fields, status quo and prospects -- 8. Training and education -- 9. Conclusions and recommendations -- App. 1. Small satellite application aspects drawn from UN documents -- App. 2. Cooperating IAA subcommittees and joint IAA/UN workshops -- App. 3. Examples of NASA missions.

Classification

• Dewey Decimal: 550.28

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: XVII, 160 p. : ill.
• Edition Info: (hbk.)

Subjects

• Earth sciences -- Remote sensing
• Artificial satellites in earth sciences
• Astronauts -- Economic aspects

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