Impact of subsystem reliability on satellite revenue generation and present value

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1122-1129

  Saleh, J H ^a,b   Hassan, R ^a,c   Torres Padilla, J P ^a,d   Hastings, D E ^a,b,c,e   Newman, D J ^a,b,d,e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIAA   (United States)

^c Engineering Systems Division

^d Technology and Policy Program

^e Technology and Policy Program ^*

^f MacVicar Faculty

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; SPACECRAFT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INVESTMENT DECISIONS; PAYLOADS; REVENUE GENERATION; SUBSYSTEMS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 29544447079     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.13137     Document Type: Article

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