Very-small-satellite design for distributed space missions

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1294-1306

  Barnhart, David J ^a,b,c   Vladimirova, Tanya ^a   Sweeting, Martin N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b USAF   (United States)

^c Surrey Space Centre ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

DISTRIBUTED SPACE MISSIONS; SATELLITE DESIGN;

SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 38349130284     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28678     Document Type: Article

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