Micro-Sat Structural Design and Development for a Very High-Resolution Earth Observation Payload

Bilge Memis; Onur Oztekin; Alim Rustem Aslan

doi:10.1109/RAST69551.2026.11672608

Micro-Sat Structural Design and Development for a Very High-Resolution Earth Observation Payload

Bilge Memis^*
, Onur Oztekin
, Alim Rustem Aslan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Astronautical Engineering

Istanbul Technical University

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Abstract

Micro-Sats under 50 kg mass now reached the capability to host high performance payloads for a number of missions. Majority of missions are communications and earth observation. Present work is for a 1.5m/pixel GSD at 500km multispectral payload. High performance observation missions require tight compliance with payload operational requirements leading to micrometer tolerances both in mechanical design and manufacturing. The present paper details payload requirements relations to design and manufacturing with evaluations based on in orbit operations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798319546371
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RAST69551.2026.11672608
Publication status	Published - 2026
Event	11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program, RAST 2026 - Istanbul, Turkey Duration: 13 May 2026 → 15 May 2026

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Name	RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program

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Conference	11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program, RAST 2026
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Istanbul
Period	13/05/26 → 15/05/26

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© 2026 IEEE.

Keywords

earth observation
fine manufacturing
MicroSat
structural design
very high resolution

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Memis, B., Oztekin, O., & Aslan, A. R. (2026). Micro-Sat Structural Design and Development for a Very High-Resolution Earth Observation Payload. In RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program (RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/RAST69551.2026.11672608

Memis, Bilge ; Oztekin, Onur ; Aslan, Alim Rustem. / Micro-Sat Structural Design and Development for a Very High-Resolution Earth Observation Payload. RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2026. (RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program).

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Micro-Sat Structural Design and Development for a Very High-Resolution Earth Observation Payload. / Memis, Bilge; Oztekin, Onur; Aslan, Alim Rustem.
RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2026. (RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Memis B, Oztekin O, Aslan AR. Micro-Sat Structural Design and Development for a Very High-Resolution Earth Observation Payload. In RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2026. (RAST 2026 - 11th International Conference on Recent Advances in Air and Space Technologies, Conference Program). doi: 10.1109/RAST69551.2026.11672608

Micro-Sat Structural Design and Development for a Very High-Resolution Earth Observation Payload

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