Athena alternative launch site selection
Abstract
Due to circumstances beyond its control, Lockheed Martin's Athena Small Launch Vehicle Program is being forced to relocate from the current Space Launch Complex (SLC) 6 at Vandenberg AFB, CA, to an alternate location. Using a hierarchical, multiobjective value model, we analyze and evaluate alternative launch sites capable of performing SLC-6 polar orbiting missions, as well as future easterly launches. The objective of the study is to recommend highly favorable launch sites to Lockheed Martin Astronautics management for further development.
- Publication:
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Space Technology and Applications, International Forum -- 1999
- Pub Date:
- January 1999
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.57509
- Bibcode:
- 1999AIPC..458.1150C
- Keywords:
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- 07.87.+v;
- Spaceborne and space research instruments apparatus and components