Preparing For The Future Vol. 7 No. 1

• Geostationary Orbit Impact Detector (GORID) (G. Drolshagen, H. Svedhem. E. Grün, O. Grafodatsky, U. Prokopiev)

• Radiation Temperature Measurement on Evaporating Objects without Errors Caused by Window Contamination (J. Becker, P. Behrmann, G. Neuer, P. Pohlmann, E. Schreiber, A. Tekesin, L. Gatti)

• Photon Correlation and Scattering Techniques (M. Dieckmann, K. Dierks, N. Chayen, G. Smolik & J. Stapelmann)

• Meteorological Applications of Space Electronics for Extreme Environments (M. Roulet)

• A Standard Chip for Low-Noise Microwave Receivers (P. Vogel, Y. Menard)

• ECSS - European Space Standards (W. Kriedte)

• An ESA Approach to Linked Cost-Engineering Databases (M. Novara, G. Wnuk)

• POST - Payload Operating System Technology (Mats Rieschel, Michel Ilzkovitz)

• Conferences, Courses, Symposia and Workshops

• Patent News

• ESAComp: A Computerised Composite Structure Design and Analysis Tool (T. K. Henriksen, M. Klein, M. v. Beijnen, O. Saarela)