'In this book, four authors with extensive experience of space instrumentation provide an overview of the field and practical advice on how to build space instruments … [contains] a level of practical detail not often seen in books on spacecraft engineering and is most welcome … In summary, this is an excellent book covering the field in depth and includes extensive practical advice which can only come from those with many years of hand-on experience.' Colin R. McInnes, The Times Higher Education Supplement

• Preface; 1. Designing for space; 2. Mechanical design; 3. Thermal design; 4. Electronics; 5. Mechanism design and actuation; 6. Space optics technology; 7. Project management and control; 8. Epilogue: space instruments and small satellites; Appendices; Notes; References and bibliography; Index.

'In this book, four authors with extensive experience of space instrumentation provide an overview of the field and practical advice on how to build space instruments … [contains] a level of practical detail not often seen in books on spacecraft engineering and is most welcome … In summary, this is an excellent book covering the field in depth and includes extensive practical advice which can only come from those with many years of hand-on experience.' Colin R. McInnes, The Times Higher Education Supplement

• Preface; 1. Designing for space; 2. Mechanical design; 3. Thermal design; 4. Electronics; 5. Mechanism design and actuation; 6. Space optics technology; 7. Project management and control; 8. Epilogue: space instruments and small satellites; Appendices; Notes; References and bibliography; Index.

'In this book, four authors with extensive experience of space instrumentation provide an overview of the field and practical advice on how to build space instruments … [contains] a level of practical detail not often seen in books on spacecraft engineering and is most welcome … In summary, this is an excellent book covering the field in depth and includes extensive practical advice which can only come from those with many years of hand-on experience.' Colin R. McInnes, The Times Higher Education Supplement

• Preface; 1. Designing for space; 2. Mechanical design; 3. Thermal design; 4. Electronics; 5. Mechanism design and actuation; 6. Space optics technology; 7. Project management and control; 8. Epilogue: space instruments and small satellites; Appendices; Notes; References and bibliography; Index.