Flexibility and the value of on-orbit servicing: New customer-centric perspective

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 279-291

  Saleh, Joseph H ^a,b   Lamassoure, Elisabeth S ^a,c   Hastings, Daniel E ^a   Newman, Dava J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

SPACE SYSTEMS SERVICING;

ORBITS;

EID: 0037364580     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3944     Document Type: Article

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