Optimal reconfigurations for increasing capacity of communication satellite constellations

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 3252-3264

  Siddiqi, Afreen ^a,c   Mellein, Jason ^b,d   De Weck, Olivier L ^a,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

^d USAF   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SET THEORY;

CAPACITY DEMAND; CAPITAL INTENSIVE SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL RECONFIGURATIONS; SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 28844447884     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2005-2065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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