Configuring a spacecraft means finding an optimal geometric and physical shape that can satisfy requirements within cost and schedule. And it also means defining the spatial and functional arrangement of the on-board equipment. Satellites are like Russian dolls: boxes inside boxes. Some of those ‘boxes’ are required to be at specific locations and looking in specific directions. This chapter dives into the complex, multidisciplinary challenge of configuring spacecraft where the main goal is to make everybody as happy as possible, only to end up making almost everybody unhappy.


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    Title :

    Configuring Spacecraft


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    Published in:

    Space Technology ; Chapter : 5 ; 35-38


    Publication date :

    2023-06-08


    Size :

    4 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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