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The Nanosat and MicroSat programmes are running thanks to several funding from the National Space Plan, either Scientific (PNE) or Technical (CDTI), and from our internal budget. We will like also to thank INTA top level management, for their big support and encouraging recommendations along the past years.

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Development of the MicroSat programme at INTA

Publicated to:Small Satellites For Earth Observation: Selected Contributions. 41-+ - 2008-12-01 (), DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6943-7_4

Authors: Angulo, Manuel; Maria Mi, Juan; de Vicente, Pedro; Prieto, Manuel; Rodriguez, Oscar; de la Fuente, Enrique; Palau, Jordi;

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AD Telecom Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Inst Nacional Tecn Aeroespacial INTA, Madrid, Spain - Author
INTA, Dept Programas Espaciales & Ciencias Espacio, Carretera Ajalvir,Km 4, Madrid 28850, Spain - Author
Univ Alcala de Henares, Departamento Automat, Alcala De Henares, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author
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Abstract

This paper presents the INTA mu SAT programme initiative and its development status. With a mass ranging from 80 to 150 Kg and compatible with the Ariane-5 ASAP, the Phase-A one year study was initiated in Oct. 05. At this moment we are running the Phase-B started in Nov. 06 that will finish with a PDR in Dec. 07. The first INTA mu SAT-1 will be a very agile Earth observation mission using CMGs, with a launch tentative date by the beginning of 2010. This enlarged mu SAT class is a further step after the NANOSAT programme success [1] with a launch onboard Ariane-5 V-165 in Dec. 04 (Nanosat-01 still working OK in orbit), and the next Nanosat-1B planned to be launched most probably in a DNEPR by the middle of 2008. It will be followed by Nanosat-2, an evolved 15-40 Kg satellite with improved service module resources and a separated payload module design, set for launch by 2011. Main objectives of the INTA mu SAT initiative are similar to the NANOSAT programme: 1-Keep running at our Institute an internal space programme with limited resources; 2-Most of the subsystems are developed at INTA, but with collaborations in the research and bilateral work with several universities and other research institutions in Spain; 3-We also offer specific tasks or satellite units to the small business Spanish industries, to encourage their entering into the space technology; 4-Offer small missions flight opportunities to the Spanish research community, at an affordable budget target each 3-4 years.

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

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Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-07:

  • Open Alex: 5
  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 4

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 2.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 1 (Altmetric).