Physical principles of operation for satellite instruments
Curso de Formação

Ano Letivo 2025/2026

Course Overview

The curricular unit is designed to ensure that all Intended Learning Outcomes are addressed systematically through a progressive and logically structured syllabus. Each topic builds upon fundamental physical principles and extends toward the applied understanding of satellite instrumentation. To demonstrate syllabus coherence, it can be highlighted that each topic of the study program is propaedeutic to the following one and these aspects are interconnected such as the students, at the end of the course , will be able to give independent and critical interpretation to the raw or already processed data obtained with satellite instruments This ensures students gain both theoretical foundations and practical skills related to the physical principles and real-world application of satellite instruments
Training proposed within the scope of the New Space Portugal Mobilizing Agenda (Ref. C644936537-00000046, Notice ACC02/CO5-i01/2022), financed by the Mobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation, through the Recovery and Resilience Program (RRP).

Organic Unit: School of Science and Technology

Duration: 4 Weeks/3 ECTS credits ( required in curricular units)

Language: Portuguese

Regime: B-learning

CNAEF Areas:

Earth science (443)

Study Plan

For Whom

Aerospace industry professionals; non-specialized audiences in the aerospace industry and professionals from other areas who want training in the area offered, or to complement the training acquired or who wish to enter the aerospace industry. Masters, PhD or 3rd year undergraduate students who wish to acquire knowledge in the area offered.