Orbital assembly and maintenance study
Abstract
The requirements, conceptual design, tradeoffs, procedures, and techniques for orbital assembly of the support structure of the microwave power transmission system and the radio astronomy telescope are described. Thermal and stress analyses, packaging, alignment, and subsystems requirements are included along with manned vs. automated and transportation tradeoffs. Technical and operational concepts for the manned and automated maintenance of satellites were investigated and further developed results are presented.
- Publication:
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Martin Marietta Corp. Report
- Pub Date:
- August 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975mmc..reptR....G
- Keywords:
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- Orbital Assembly;
- Space Erectable Structures;
- Space Maintenance;
- Logistics Management;
- Solar Generators;
- Spaceborne Telescopes;
- Systems Engineering;
- Tradeoffs;
- Astrodynamics