A standard spacecraft bus for performing a variety of earth orbit missions in the late 1970's and 1980's is defined. Emphasis is placed on a low-cost, multimission capability, benefitting from the space shuttle system. The subjects considered are as follows: (1) performance requirements, (2) internal interfaces, (3) redundancy and reliability, (4) communications and data handling module design, (5) payload data handling, (6) application of the modular design to various missions, and (7) the verification concept. (Author)
Systems Definition Summary. Earth Observatory Satellite System Definition Study (Eos)
1974
120 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Unmanned Spacecraft , Earth resources technology satellite e , Earth resources technology satellite f , Satellite design , Space missions , Space shuttles , Spacecraft configurations , Spacecraft launching , Cost analysis , Earth orbits , Mission planning , Orbital mechanics , Performance prediction