Pierre Richard Dahoo, Université Paris-Saclay, France.
Mustapha Meftah, Université Paris-Saclay, France.
Abdelkhalak El Hami, INSA Rouen Normandie, France.
ISBN : 9781836690221
Publication Date : February 2026
Hardcover 324 pp
165.00 USD
Co-publisher
Nanosatellites, CubeSats of the NewSpace Era for Space Observation 2 presents the entire life cycle of a CubeSat, from the design phase to orbital operations.
The CubeSat nanosatellite carries instruments designed for space observation and study, integrated into a mechanical architecture that supports the control and communication electronics. This mechatronic system is optimized to ensure maximum robustness and reliability under operational conditions. Internal couplings within the satellite’s architecture, as well as external interactions with the space environment – whether thermal, vibrational, electromechanical, thermomechanical, electro-thermomechanical, or related to electromagnetic compatibility – are modeled using the finite element method. Environmental testing such as HALT/HASS, based on experience from previous missions and simulation results, allows for the integration of a reliability-based design optimization (RBDO) approach.
This book also traces the evolution of our knowledge and methods regarding light, an essential payload component and luminous phenomena from Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages, and discusses current advances in quantum optics, including wave-particle duality, quantum entanglement of photons, and vacuum fluctuations, sources of technological innovations.
1. Optical Architecture.
2. Thermal and Electrical Architectures.
3. Environmental Testing.
4. Preparing for an Observation Mission.
5. A Better Understanding of Light.
Pierre Richard Dahoo is Professor at Versailles Saint-Quentinen-Yvelines/ Université Paris-Saclay, France and Researcher at LATMOS. He is the author of several books on nanotechnologies and infrared spectroscopies applied to space. He also chairs the Physics and Optics without Borders Commission of the French Physical Society.
Mustapha Meftah holds a doctorate in geosciences and is an astrophysicist specializing in atmosphere–climate relations. He is a graduate engineer in aeronautics and space, with several CubeSats in orbit to his credit. He teaches at Université Paris-Saclay, France, on the challenges of space and the new applications linked to NewSpace.
Abdelkhalak El Hami is Professor at INSA Rouen Normandie, France. He is responsible for several European educational projects and is a specialist in fluid-structure interaction problems and the reliability of multiphysics systems. He is also the author of numerous books in the field.
