To reduce or to extend a spacecraft design lifetime? What is at stake, for whom, and how to resolve the Dilemma

A Collection of the 22nd AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference and Exhibit Technical Papers

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 30-55

  Saleh, Joseph H ^a,b   Torres Padilla, Juan Pablo ^a,c   Hastings, Daniel E ^a,d,e   Newman, Dava J ^a,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Ford MIT Alliance   (United States)

^c Technology and Policy Program E40 371

^d Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems ^*

^e Engineering Systems Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOUNDED ANNUAL GROWTH RATE (CAGR); SPACE INDUSTRY; SPACECRAFT DESIGN; STAKEHOLDERS;

BANDWIDTH; DATA COMPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; INSURANCE; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SALES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 18844435608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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