Space Science: Satellites: Page 2

Information on Iridium, Teledesic, Globalstar, Orbcomm, ICO Global, Ellipso, Skybridge and other systems, as well as general information on satellites.

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).

A paper discussing the use of ground-based lasers to provide power for satellites during eclipse

Describes optimum north-south maneuver strategy for geostationary satellites.

Provides access to a wide variety of satellite information, news and documents from satellite world.

Explains how to keep geostationary communication satellites on orbit.

Software to view the movement of multiple satellites in two and three dimensions. View Iridium, Teledesic and Globalstar on your desktop.

An attempt to design, construct, and fly an inexpensive 3- axis stabilized spacecraft with optical science gathering capability.

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.

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 advancement.