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.