Enhancing the economics of communications satellites via orbital reconfigurations and staged deployment

AIAA Space 2003 Conference and Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  de Weck, Olivier L ^a   de Neufvilley, Richard ^a   Chaizez, Mathieu ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE; DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; LOW EARTH ORBIT(LEO); PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; REAL OPTIONS APPROACH; SYSTEM DESIGNERS; SYSTEM EVOLUTION;

DESIGN; ECONOMICS; ORBITS;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 84897809738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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