Cost efficiency as design and selection criterion for future launch vehicles

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 57, Issue 2-8, 2005, Pages 623-629

  Koelle, Dietrich E ^a  

^a TCS TransCostSystems   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LAUNCHING; MACHINE DESIGN; ORBITS; REUSABLE ROCKETS; SPACE RESEARCH;

COMMERCIALIZATION; EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (ELV); REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES (RLV); TRANSPORTATION COSTS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 19944410849     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2005.02.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. D.E. Koelle, Handbook of Cost Engineering for Space Transportation Systems - including TRANSCOST 7.1 - Statistical-Analytical Model for Cost Estimation and Economical Optimization of Space Transportation Systems, Rev. 1, TCS, Ottobrunn, 2003, 264p.
2. ESA-FESTIP (Future European Space Transportation Investigation Program), System Study, DASA - Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace, Final Report, December 1998.
3. D.E. Koelle, Development costs of reusable launch vehicles, Paper IAA-01-IAA.1.1.02, 52nd IAC, Toulouse, France, October 2001.
4. D.E. Koelle Specific transportation costs to GEO - past, present and future, IAC 2002 Acta Astronautica 53 2003 797 803