Concepts developed for both LEO and GEO construction of photovoltaic and thermal engine satellites are analyzed. Topics discussed include: satellite construction; crew scheduling; crew jobs and organizations; operator productivity rating; constructability rating; transportation systems for cargo launch, refueling operations, personnel transport, and orbit transfer; collision analysis, cost analysis, and radiation evironment and effects.
Solar Power Satellite. System Definition Study. Part 1, Volume 3: Construction, Transportation and Cost Analyses
1977
278 pages
Report
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English
Solar Energy , Manned Spacecraft , Satellite solar energy conversion , Solar propulsion , Space transportation , Spacecraft design , Cost analysis , Systems engineering , Extraterrestrial radiation , Orbital workers , Radiation effects , Spacecraft structures , Spacecrews , Transfer orbits , Satellite solar power stations , Solar electric propulsion