AbstractA new configuration of Telecommunication Platform, specifically conceived to meet the requirements of a set of payload packages resulting from a market survey for the next decade European demands, is presented.It is assembled on geostationary orbit, via rendezvous and docking of modules separately launched by Ariane 4.In-orbit growth potential and/or refurbishment derive from the rendezvous and docking capability and M.E.G.A.L.O.S. can be seen as a module of an even more complex structure.
M.E.G.A.L.O.S.: Multimission European geostationary Ariane launched orbital station
Acta Astronautica ; 11 , 10-11 ; 725-729
1983-10-19
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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