Based on system level test results, there appears to be some additional risk of space failures when a protoflight spacecraft is launched in lieu of a flight spacecraft. The space performance of all protoflight spacecraft to date has been satisfactory with failure rates slightly less than conventional flight spacecraft. The continued use of the protoflight concept is supported by this study.
Test and space experience with protoflight spacecraft
1975-03-18
Conference paper
No indication
English
Test and space experience with protoflight spacecraft
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