The development of small sized, low weight spacecraft should lead to reduced scientific mission costs by lowering fabrication and launch costs. An order of magnitude reduction in spacecraft size can be obtained by miniaturizing components. Additional reductions in spacecraft weight, size, and cost can be obtained by utilizing the synergy that exists between different spacecraft systems. The state-of-the-art of three major systems, spacecraft power, propulsion, and communications is discussed. Potential strategies to exploit the synergy between these systems and/or the payload are identified. Benefits of several of these synergies are discussed.


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    Title :

    Power, Propulsion, and Communications for Microspacecraft Missions


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Scientific Microsatellites ; 1997 ; Tainan, Taiwan, Province of China


    Publication date :

    1998-03-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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