MELCO Standard @ Small Satellite System
Abstract
Recently small satellites rapidly enhance their capability. They provide not only cost effective solutions to technology verification, demonstration and education, but alternatives of existing larger satellites. MELCO has developed the small satellite standard bus whose weight is around 200kg. This bus achieves high performance, high reliability and versatilities keeping low cost, small size and light weight characteristics of so called small satellites. This bus can be applied to the satellites replacing existing larger satellites depending on the requirements. Furthermore the bus can be applied to radar and optical earth observation satellites, which are defined as Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) satellites.
- Publication:
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4S Symposium Small Satellites Systems and Services
- Pub Date:
- August 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008ESASP.660E..22S