On-orbit servicing: A new value proposition for satellite design and operation

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 964-976

  Long, Andrew M ^a,b,c   Richards, Matthew G ^a,c,d   Hastings, Daniel E ^a,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Engineering Systems Division   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; ORBITS; ROBOTICS; SATELLITES; SPACE STATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

ROBOTIC ON-ORBIT SERVICING TECHNOLOGY; SATELLITE ARCHITECTURES; SATELLITE INSPECTION;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 34548351775     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.27117     Document Type: Article

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