Lessons learned from hosting an infrared payload on a communications satellite

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Simonds, Joseph ^a   Jacquot, Jie Zhu ^a   Kersten, Charles ^a   Lew, Patricia ^a   Sullivan, George ^a  

^a Medium Launch Vehicle Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SATELLITES; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE; CONTRACTUAL STRUCTURE; FIELD OF VIEWS; FREE-FLYING SPACECRAFT; GEO-STATIONARY ORBITS; INFRARED PAYLOADS; IR SENSOR; LAUNCH SCHEDULES; LESSONS LEARNED; LOWER COST; MISSILE WARNING; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; SYSTEM ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; TECHNOLOGICAL READINESS LEVELS; THIRD GENERATION; UNITED STATES AIR FORCE; WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; DATA PROCESSING; INFRARED DETECTORS; INTEGRATION; LAUNCHING; SENSORS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 77952865879     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2010.5446744     Document Type: Conference Paper

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