An outgrowth of the author"s extensive experience teaching senior and graduate level students, this is both a thorough introduction and a solid professional reference. * Material covered has been developed based on a 35-year research program associated with such systems as the Landsat satellite program and later satellite and aircraft programs. * Covers existing aircraft and satellite programs and several future programs*An Instructor"s Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.