In August of 1995, the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) entered into a fixed-price contract to develop the spacecraft bus for the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE). Since that time, Orbital and JHU have worked together to perform the design, analysis, procurement, fabrication, and subsystem integration as an example of how a Principal Investigator led team can work. The FUSE spacecraft is currently undergoing final Integration and Test at Orbital's Germantown, Maryland Facility in preparation for delivery to APL by April, 1998 with launch in October, 1998. This paper describes the process and partnership formed by Orbital and JHU in this development activity, the resulting spacecraft characteristics, and the lessons learned from this program to date.
Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer spacecraft development
1998 IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings (Cat. No.98TH8339) ; 5 ; 421-431 vol.5
01.01.1998
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Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Spacecraft Development
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