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

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.

Author: Sandy Antunes
Publisher: Make Community, LLC
Published: 05/07/2013
Pages: 117
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.25d
ISBN13: 9781449310646
ISBN10: 1449310648
BISAC Categories:
- Science | Space Science | General
- Technology & Engineering | Sensors
- Technology & Engineering | Electronics | General

About the Author

Alexander "Sandy" Antunes (born 1967 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a Maryland-area astronomer, author, and role playing game designer. He graduated from Boston University in 1989 with a dual major in astronomy and physics, received a Masters in astronomy from Penn State in 1992, and received his PhD in computational astrophysics from George Mason University in 2005. He was the Maryland Science Center "Science Person of the Month" for May 2007.