Space logistics in 2016 saw commercial providers truly come into their own, shipping vital supplies to the International Space Station and then returning essential scientific products as well as key station equipment that needed repair or assessment to Earth-bound operations. Not only did the supply chain get closed through this renewed ability to launch and retrieve cargo, SpaceX achieved multiple recoveries of core launch transportation system components--first stages--from transits both to low Earth orbit and geosynchronous Earth orbit demonstrating a marked advancement toward reliable, lower-cost transportation both to orbit and, potentially, into interplanetary transits.
Space logistics providers find their way
Aerospace America ; 54 , 11
2016
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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