The question of a European Multi-Purpose Spacecraft
Abstract
This paper identifies general future space mission requirements which apply to a European Multi-Purpose Spacecraft (EMMS). The technical and economic issues associated with such an EMMS concept are outlined and discussed in the context of the re-use of existing and projected new ESA spacecraft. This paper does not attempt to give answers or a ready solution but rather outlines the problem and scopes the issues which enter into the question of the 'viability' of an EMMS concept.
- Publication:
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Munich International Astronautical Federation Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979muni.iafcT....S
- Keywords:
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- European Space Programs;
- Mission Planning;
- Space Missions;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Technological Forecasting;
- European Space Agency;
- Payloads;
- Reusable Spacecraft;
- Satellite Orbits;
- User Requirements;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles