Assessing fractionated spacecraft value propositions for earth imaging space missions

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 974-986

  Gregory O'Neill, M ^a,b   Weigel, Annalisa L ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Aeronautics and Astronautics   (United States)

^c Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering Systems   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; EARTH (PLANET); LIFE CYCLE; SPACECRAFT; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

FRACTIONATED SPACECRAFT; LIFE CYCLE SIMULATIONS; MISSION LIFETIME; MONOLITHIC SPACECRAFT; PARAMETRIC MODELING; PERFORMANCE LEVEL; SPACECRAFT MODEL; VALUE PROPOSITION;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 84055184754     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.50947     Document Type: Article

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