The payload efficiency of communication satellites has typically averaged 25 to 30% while meteorology and earth observation satellites range from 30 to 35%. Improvement in solar cell efficiency, batteries, electric propulsion for stationkeeping, and solid-state circuitry will increase this efficiency in the future, but it will still be advantageous in the Shuttle era to reduce the expenditure for support systems. A platform that provides all the support functions could reduce the initial cost due to economics of scale and also reduce transportation cost. Three alternate configurations of a platform for geosynchronous orbit communications and meteorology missions are presented
Design concept of geostationary platform
Conference on Large Space Platforms: Future Needs and Capabilities
1978-09-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Design concept of geostationary platform
AIAA | 1978
|Developing the concept of a geostationary platform
NTRS | 1980
|Developing the concept of a geostationary platform
AIAA | 1980
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