DIY Instruments for Amateur Space: Inventing Utility for Your Spacecraft Once It Achieves Orbit

by Sandy Antunes

What can you measure and what are your limits when orbiting in space? Learn about what physical quantities you can measure and what types of sensors you can buy or build. We cover the 5 essential design limits as well: power, bandwidth, resolution, computing... and legal limitations. Explore what you can play with using your own personal satellite.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449310648
• ISBN13: 9781449310646
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Make Community, LLC
• Length: 117 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"