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The multiyear creation of the Handbook of Satellite Applications represents a mammoth effort by many dozens of authors. Some of the world’s most outstanding experts in their field graciously supported this effort as volunteers. We thus wish, first and foremost, to thank these authors who have so generously contributed toward this attempt to creating a truly definitive reference work across the closely related fields of satellite communications, remote sensing, space navigation, and meteorological sensing from space.
We also wish to thank Dr. Michael Simpson, former President of the International Space University (ISU). It was he who first encouraged the creation of this reference work and had the vision to support a handbook that would comprehensively cover the entire range of major satellite applications. Also, it is important to recognize the current president of the International Space University (ISU) Walter Peeters, dean Angelina Bukley, plus the current and past chairs of the ISU Academic Council, who were also involved with this project, namely, Drs. Edward Chester and Stefano Fiorilli.
Finally we would like to thank the many people at Springer Publishing who nurtured and supported this project during its 2-year gestation. We wish to thank Maury Solomon, who first conceived that such a project would be an important undertaking for the scientific literature in the field. Particular thanks also go to Barbara Wolf, Marion Kraemer, and Saskia Ellis who carefully oversaw the final editing and kept the production schedule more or less on track. Then there was Vasuki Ravichandran, who, along with Ms. Ellis, very scrupulously oversaw the production of this extensive reference work on a day-after-day basis. We thank them both for their constant eye to detail and their tireless efforts.
Joseph N. Pelton Sergio Camacho-lara Scott Madry