ESA Directorate of Earth Observation Programmes (ESA-EOP) have seized the opportunity to support the development of small and nano-satellites to complement the EOP scientific and application-driven flagship missions. These developments include new science driven missions and constellations which enable a significant increase in temporal resolution leading to new applications. This paper presents an overview of the NewSpace paradigm, describes the overall ESA-EOP small mission strategy and provides a brief insight into some of the small satellites being developed at ESA across three programmatic lines: Scout Missions, Φ-sat Missions and the Investing in Industrial Innovation (InCubed) Programme. The paper focuses on optical missions.


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    Title :

    Small satellites landscape: ESA Earth observation with a focus on optical missions


    Contributors:
    Pastena, M. (author) / Melega, N. (author) / Tossaint, M. (author) / Regan, A. (author) / Castorina, M. (author) / Gabriele, A. (author) / Mathieu, P. (author) / Rosello, J. (author)

    Conference:

    Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIV ; 2020 ; Online Only,United Kingdom


    Published in:

    Proc. SPIE ; 11530


    Publication date :

    2020-09-21





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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