Architecting a family of space tugs based on orbital transfer mission scenarios

AIAA Space 2003 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Galabova, Kalina ^a   Bounova, Gergana ^a   de Weck, Olivier ^a   Hastings, Daniel ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL PROPULSION; ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES; ON-ORBIT SATELLITES; PROPULSION MODULES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES;

CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ROCKETS; SATELLITES; TUGBOATS;

ORBITS;

EID: 84897767504     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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