Integrated approach to optimizing small spacecraft vehicles and operations

62nd International Astronautical Congress 2011, IAC 2011

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 4673-4683

  Spangelo, Sara C ^a   Cutler, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TRACTABILITY; CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DATA CONSTRAINTS; DECISION VARIABLES; DESIGN PHASIS; EFFICIENT DESIGNS; FINANCIAL COSTS; GROUND NETWORKS; GROUND STATIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; KEY ELEMENTS; MISSION DESIGN; MISSION OBJECTIVES; MISSION PERFORMANCE; MISSION REQUIREMENTS; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PARETO CURVE; PROBLEM COMPLEXITY; SATELLITE ENERGY; SMALL SATELLITE MISSION; SMALL SPACECRAFTS; SMALL-SATELLITE; SOLAR PANELS; SOLUTION SPACE; SPACE MISSIONS; SPACE NETWORK; SPACE VEHICLES; SUBOPTIMAL SOLUTION; TIGHT COUPLING; VEHICLE DESIGN;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DESIGN; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SATELLITE GROUND STATIONS; SATELLITES; SPACE FLIGHT; VEHICLES;

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EID: 84864079279     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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