Solar power satellite. System definition study. Part 1, volume 3: Construction, transportation and cost analyses
Abstract
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.
- Publication:
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Unknown
- Pub Date:
- August 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977spss....3......
- Keywords:
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- Cost Analysis;
- Satellite Solar Energy Conversion;
- Solar Propulsion;
- Space Transportation;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Systems Engineering;
- Extraterrestrial Radiation;
- Orbital Workers;
- Radiation Effects;
- Spacecraft Structures;
- Spacecrews;
- Transfer Orbits;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles