Reducing Space Mission Cost is the first complete treatment of the technology, process, and problems in the most critical areas of modern spaceflight. The demand to reduce cost is unrelenting. This pioneering book addresses all aspects of this problem, including:
Technology and processes for reducing cost
Cost reduction in mission engineering, spacecraft design, manufacture, launch, and operations
Implementation methods and problems
The price of reducing cost
10 detailed case studies of what works in practice in:
Science missions
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Reducing Space Mission Cost is the first complete treatment of the technology, process, and problems in the most critical areas of modern spa...
Mission Geometry; Orbit and Constellation Design and Management (OCDM) is the most complete treatment available for many elements of space mission design and astronautics. Among these topics not covered elsewhere in the literature are:
The most extensive coverage available of constellation design and management;
Relative motion of satellites (global, local, at similar and widely differing altitudes);
Definition of an Orbit CostFunction for comparing the cost of access to and maintenance of alternative orbits;...
Mission Geometry; Orbit and Constellation Design and Management (OCDM) is the most complete treatment available for many elements of ...