A standardized interface and accommodation methodology for commercially hosted payloads on the StarBus

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7087, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kalmanson, Phillip C ^a   Schueler, Carl ^a   Do, Michael ^a   Lam, Quang ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercially hosted payloads; Communications satellites; GEO; Hosted payloads; Quick ride; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALLY HOSTED PAYLOADS; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES; DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES; GEO; HOSTED PAYLOADS; LOW COSTS; ORBITAL SCIENCES CORPORATION; PAYLOAD ARCHITECTURE; PRODUCT LINES; QUICK RIDE; REMOTE SENSING SYSTEMS; STARBUS;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LABELING; LABELS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 52349100488     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.801064     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

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2. Kalmanson P.C., Lam Q. M., Do M. "Hosted Secondary Payloads on Commercial Communications Satellites: Looking at the Whole Problem", AIAA 26th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference. June 2008
3. Lam, Q. M., Kalmanson, P. C., Do, M., and Anhalt, D., "Fast Access to Space for the Deployment of Micro-Satellites Using the QuickRide and Rideshare Concepts," AIAA / 8th NRO Space Launch Integration Forum, July 2008
4. Orbital Sciences Corporation, "MEASAT 3a Fact Sheet", http://www.orbital.com/NewsInfo/Publications/MEASAT3a_Fact.pdf June 2008.