Technologies and methods employed to design a university-class microsatellite, according to ESA Standards

The objective of this thesis is the study of the applicability of ESA (European Space Agency) standards to university-class microsatellites missions. At the same time the university microsatellite design technologies used to manufacture EduSAT spacecraft have been investigated in depth and ESA standards have been applied during the EduSAT mission phases. Afterwards a micro satellite optical payload for in-orbit space environment monitoring has been designed, exploiting useful instruments provided by ESA ECSS (European Cooperation for Space Standardization) standards.