UoSAT microsatellite missions

Advances in VLSI microelectronics have catalysed a new species of small, low-cost yet sophisticated and highly capable `microsatellites´ that can be launched inexpensively as auxiliary payloads complementing, or sometimes providing an alternative to, the high-cost traditional satellites. The author reviews a decade of the University of Surrey´s UoSAT microsatellite programme to illustrate the potential applications of small satellites