Satellite services and orbital retrieval
Abstract
Within the capabilities of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, a broad range of services which can be made available to the satellite user community as summarized. Payload deployment, close proximity retrieval, and a number of other mission related functions are discussed. The focus here is on close proximity retrieval and retrieval of payloads in higher energy low Earth orbits.
- Publication:
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In NASA. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Orbital Debris p 299-315 (SEE N85-21188 12-12
- Pub Date:
- March 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985orde.rept..299A
- Keywords:
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- Orbital Servicing;
- Payload Delivery (Sts);
- Payload Deployment & Retrieval System;
- Payload Retrieval (Sts);
- Payload Transfer;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Flight Control;
- Manipulators;
- Power Modules (Sts);
- Space Commercialization;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles