Marco D'Errico received a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1995. Since 2000 he has been associate professor of Space Systems at the Second University of Naples. He is a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. His fields of activity are mission analysis of Earth observation systems, formation flying, spaceborne synthetic aperture radar, and ship detection by remote sensing data.

• Authors.- Dedication.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (Antonia Moccia, Alfredo Renga).- Chapter 2: Multistatic Radar Systems (Lopez-Dekker, Krieger, and Moreira).- Chapter 3: Relative Trajectory Design (D'Errico, Fasano).- Chapter 4: Formation Establishment, Maintenance, and Control (Vadali, Alfriend).- Chapter 5: GPS Based Relative Navigation (Montenbruck, D'Amico).- Chapter 6: Radio frequency-based relative navigation (Maessen, Gill, Grelier, Delpech).- Chapter 7: Vision Based Relative Navigation (Accardo, Fasano, Grassi).- Chapter 8: Autonomy (Iacopino, Palmer).- Chapter 9: Relative Navigation (Horri, Palmer).- Chapter 10: Communication in Distributed Satellite Systems (Schilling, Schmidt).- Chapter 11: Ground station networks for distributed satellite systems (Schmidt, Schilling).- Chapter 12: Overview of Distributed Missions (Daniela-Graziano).- Chapter 13: TanDEM-X (Krieger Et Al).- Chapter 14: Cartwheel (Massonnet).- Chapter 15: Sabrina (Moccia et al).- Chapter 16: Topolec and C-Paras (Sephton, Wishart).- Chapter 17: The Sar Train (Aguttes).- Chapter 18: P-Band Distributed SAR (Fasano et al).- Chapter 19: Grace (Kirschner, Massmann, Steinhoff).- Chapter 20: Next Generation Gravity Mission (Cesare, Sechi).- Chapter 21: Prisma (D'Amico).- Chapter22: Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology Demonstration (Guo, Maessen, Gill).- Chapter 23: Future Trend, Potential, Risks (D'Errico).- Author Biographies.- Index.

Marco D'Errico received a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1995. Since 2000 he has been associate professor of Space Systems at the Second University of Naples. He is a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. His fields of activity are mission analysis of Earth observation systems, formation flying, spaceborne synthetic aperture radar, and ship detection by remote sensing data.

• Authors.- Dedication.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (Antonia Moccia, Alfredo Renga).- Chapter 2: Multistatic Radar Systems (Lopez-Dekker, Krieger, and Moreira).- Chapter 3: Relative Trajectory Design (D'Errico, Fasano).- Chapter 4: Formation Establishment, Maintenance, and Control (Vadali, Alfriend).- Chapter 5: GPS Based Relative Navigation (Montenbruck, D'Amico).- Chapter 6: Radio frequency-based relative navigation (Maessen, Gill, Grelier, Delpech).- Chapter 7: Vision Based Relative Navigation (Accardo, Fasano, Grassi).- Chapter 8: Autonomy (Iacopino, Palmer).- Chapter 9: Relative Navigation (Horri, Palmer).- Chapter 10: Communication in Distributed Satellite Systems (Schilling, Schmidt).- Chapter 11: Ground station networks for distributed satellite systems (Schmidt, Schilling).- Chapter 12: Overview of Distributed Missions (Daniela-Graziano).- Chapter 13: TanDEM-X (Krieger Et Al).- Chapter 14: Cartwheel (Massonnet).- Chapter 15: Sabrina (Moccia et al).- Chapter 16: Topolec and C-Paras (Sephton, Wishart).- Chapter 17: The Sar Train (Aguttes).- Chapter 18: P-Band Distributed SAR (Fasano et al).- Chapter 19: Grace (Kirschner, Massmann, Steinhoff).- Chapter 20: Next Generation Gravity Mission (Cesare, Sechi).- Chapter 21: Prisma (D'Amico).- Chapter22: Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology Demonstration (Guo, Maessen, Gill).- Chapter 23: Future Trend, Potential, Risks (D'Errico).- Author Biographies.- Index.

Marco D'Errico received a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1995. Since 2000 he has been associate professor of Space Systems at the Second University of Naples. He is a Corresponding Member of the International Academy of Astronautics. His fields of activity are mission analysis of Earth observation systems, formation flying, spaceborne synthetic aperture radar, and ship detection by remote sensing data.

• Authors.- Dedication.- Preface.- Chapter 1: Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar (Antonia Moccia, Alfredo Renga).- Chapter 2: Multistatic Radar Systems (Lopez-Dekker, Krieger, and Moreira).- Chapter 3: Relative Trajectory Design (D'Errico, Fasano).- Chapter 4: Formation Establishment, Maintenance, and Control (Vadali, Alfriend).- Chapter 5: GPS Based Relative Navigation (Montenbruck, D'Amico).- Chapter 6: Radio frequency-based relative navigation (Maessen, Gill, Grelier, Delpech).- Chapter 7: Vision Based Relative Navigation (Accardo, Fasano, Grassi).- Chapter 8: Autonomy (Iacopino, Palmer).- Chapter 9: Relative Navigation (Horri, Palmer).- Chapter 10: Communication in Distributed Satellite Systems (Schilling, Schmidt).- Chapter 11: Ground station networks for distributed satellite systems (Schmidt, Schilling).- Chapter 12: Overview of Distributed Missions (Daniela-Graziano).- Chapter 13: TanDEM-X (Krieger Et Al).- Chapter 14: Cartwheel (Massonnet).- Chapter 15: Sabrina (Moccia et al).- Chapter 16: Topolec and C-Paras (Sephton, Wishart).- Chapter 17: The Sar Train (Aguttes).- Chapter 18: P-Band Distributed SAR (Fasano et al).- Chapter 19: Grace (Kirschner, Massmann, Steinhoff).- Chapter 20: Next Generation Gravity Mission (Cesare, Sechi).- Chapter 21: Prisma (D'Amico).- Chapter22: Formation for Atmospheric Science and Technology Demonstration (Guo, Maessen, Gill).- Chapter 23: Future Trend, Potential, Risks (D'Errico).- Author Biographies.- Index.