This book details key trends involving the recent formation of scores of companies that build and launch small satellites or provide key components for small satellite constellations. The applications and usage are quite diverse and include student experiments, serious scientific experimentation, and totally new types of commercial constellations, particularly in telecommunications and remote sensing.

Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1: Introduction to the World of Small Satellites.- Chapter 2: Engineering, Design, and Launch Arrangements of Smallsats.- Chapter 3: Smallsats for Remote Sensing -- The Swarm is Here!.- Chapter 4: Innovative New Uses of Smallsats for Networking and Telecom.- Chapter 5: Small Satellites and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter 6: Future Prospects and Policy Concerns.- Chapter 7: Potential Innovations in Space Regulatory Systems and Standards.- Chapter 8: Conclusions and Top Ten Things to Know About Small Satellites.- Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms and Acronyms.- Appendix 2: The Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.- Appendix 3: Resolution Adopted by the General Assembly Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space.- Appendix 4:Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects.- Appendix 5: IADC Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines.- Index.