Abstract
The reasons for the appearance of small satellites have been revealed. The evolution of the military and civilian small satellites created in the 21st century for surveillance and intelligence, including dual-purpose ones, is reviewed. Three groups of tasks solved by small observation satellites are defined - applied, technological and scientific, as well as their growing importance and areas of use. The need is substantiated and steps are proposed in the Republic of Bulgaria, respectively in SRTI-BAS, to activate the activity of creating and using small satellites for observation for the needs of the economy, ecology, humanitarian and other areas.
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