GT-FAST: A point design tool for rapid fractionated spacecraft sizing and synthesis

AIAA Space 2009 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lafleur, Jarret M ^a   Saleh, Joseph H ^a  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE SYNTHESIS; CONTINUOUS VARIABLES; COST AND BENEFITS; FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION; GEORGIA; INTERCONNECTED MODULES; POINT DESIGN; SPACECRAFT APPLICATION; SYSTEMATIC METHOD; TIMED SATELLITE; TRADE-STUDY;

CLUSTER COMPUTING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESIGN; FREE FLIGHT; GEODETIC SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT;

ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 77958555529     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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