To have a working satellite in orbit, you need a set of “building blocks” in place. As a bare minimum, all satellites need housing, need a way of generating and storing power, need radio links, orientation control, computers, and industrial amounts of software, and glue. This chapter describes these building blocks and how their interconnection creates working spacecraft.
A Peek Under the Hood
Space Technology ; Chapter : 6 ; 39-86
2023-06-08
48 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English