Commercial space launchers - A new industry struggles to be born
Abstract
Attention is given to the development status and economic prospects for commercially produced and operated spacecraft launch vehicles. The thrust toward commercialization of expendable launcher systems has centered on the Atlas and Delta boosters which have until recently been exclusively built for NASA.
- Publication:
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Interavia
- Pub Date:
- April 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984Inter..39..335B
- Keywords:
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- Commercial Spacecraft;
- Economic Development;
- Space Commercialization;
- Spacecraft Launching;
- Atlas Launch Vehicles;
- Delta Launch Vehicle;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles