Assessing the flexibility provided by an on-orbit infrastructure of fractionated spacecraft

International Astronautical Federation - 56th International Astronautical Congress 2005

Volumn 8, Issue , 2005, Pages 5537-5549

  Mathieu, Charlotte ^a   Weigel, Annalisa L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MAINTAINABILITY; ORBITS; SPACE FLIGHT;

CUSTOMER CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE; MONOLITHIC SPACECRAFTS; PAYLOAD MODULES;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 34250856851     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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