Simple 10-part tutorial description helps you understand how satellites work, what they contain and how they get into orbit.Basic level. http://www.howstuffworks.com/satellite.htm
EarthSat uses GIS and satellite remotely sensed data for worldwide weather and agricultural forecasts, flood prediction, petroleum, hydrologic and mineral resource exploration and environmental monitoring. http://www.earthsat.com
SNOE is a small scientific satellite that is measuring the effects of energy from the sun and from the magnetosphere on the density of nitric oxide in the Earth's upper atmosphere. http://lasp.colorado.edu/snoe/
This paper was assigned in our "Introduction to Engineering" class at the University of Michigan (Fall 99). The group has researched various systems for the advancement of astronomical observation, in order to determine the most beneficial path for future http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/engin100/
An attempt to design, construct, and fly an inexpensive 3- axis stabilized spacecraft with optical science gathering capability. http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/simplesat/
News and information about this commercial wing of the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey. Includes details of the company, its satellites, services and missions. http://www.sstl.co.uk/
Modal survey of the HESSI spacecraft. Objective was to identify the natural frequencies, the damping factors and the mode shapes. http://www.navcon.com/CaseStudy_7.htm
Software to view the movement of multiple satellites in two and three dimensions. View Iridium, Teledesic and Globalstar on your desktop. http://savi.sourceforge.net/
The science and outreach sites for NASA's planned AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere) mission, aimed at studying Polar Mesospheric Clouds (PMCs). http://aim.hamptonu.edu
Historical archive and resource for small satellite missions. The page is maintained by researchers in the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey, UK. http://centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/
Provides satellite information, software and calculations, mainly for television, audio, video, intercom transmissions, link budget calculation and SNG. Written for SNG and radio technicians (amateurs). http://home.pages.at/mlehmann/