The case for robotic on-orbit servicing of spacecraft: Spacecraft reliability is a myth

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 63, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 632-648

  Ellery, Alex ^a   Kreisel, Joerg ^b   Sommer, Bernd ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b General Technologies and Robotics ^*  (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Satellite servicing; Space insurance; Spacecraft failures; Spacecraft reliability

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

ELSEVIER (CO); GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER (DLR); HIGH INCIDENCE; ON ORBIT SERVICING; ON ORBITS; ON-ORBIT SERVICING (OOS); POTENTIAL MARKETS; SPACE ACTIVITIES; SPACE INDUSTRY; SPACE INFRASTRUCTURES; SPACE TECHNOLOGY (ST); SPACE-BASED; TECHNOLOGY ISSUES;

ORBITS;

EID: 46649111472     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2008.01.042     Document Type: Article

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