Technology for Small Spacecraft.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (153 pages)
Technology for Small Spacecraft -- Copyright -- Preface -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- PRINCIPAL FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- THE TASK -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- Space Systems Costs -- Small Spacecraft Applications -- Current Small Spacecraft Programs -- APPROACH -- 2 Systems Engineering and Operations -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- SMALL SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING -- SMALL SPACECRAFT LAUNCH OPERATIONS -- Spacecraft/Launch Vehicle Checkout and Health Monitoring -- Spacecraft/Launch Vehicle Integration -- Range Safety Considerations -- Spacecraft Accessibility and Safety -- Flight Programming -- SMALL SPACECRAFT LAUNCH OPERATIONS -- Distributed Functions -- Standardization -- Automation -- Reuse of Software, Hardware, and Procedures -- PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 3 Spacecraft Propulsion Technology -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- CHEMICAL PROPULSION -- NASA CHEMICAL PROPULSION PROGRAMS -- Department of Defense Chemical Propulsion Programs -- SOLAR PROPULSION -- Solar Electric Propulsion -- NASA Programs for Solar Electric Propulsion -- DoD Programs for Solar Electric Propulsion -- Solar Thermal Propulsion -- NASA Programs for Solar Thermal Propulsion -- DoD Programs for Solar Thermal Propulsion -- NUCLEAR PROPULSION -- FINDINGS AND PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 Spacecraft Electric Power -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- POWER SOURCES -- Solar Arrays -- NASA Programs -- DoD Programs -- Nuclear Technology -- NASA Programs -- DOE Programs -- BATTERY TECHNOLOGY FOR ENERGY STORAGE -- NASA Programs -- Other Government Programs -- FINDINGS AND PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 5 Spacecraft Structures and Materials -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- STRUCTURES -- Deployable Structures -- Control-Structures Interaction and Smart Structures -- MATERIALS -- Aluminum-Lithium Alloys -- Polymer-Matrix Composites. Metal-Matrix Composites -- Carbon-Carbon Composites -- STRUCTURE/MATERIALS SYSTEMS -- FINDINGS AND PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6 Small Spacecraft Communications Technology -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- NASA PROGRAMS -- DOD PROGRAMS -- INDUSTRY PROGRAMS -- SPACECRAFT-TO-SPACECRAFT COMMUNICATIONS -- MULTIPLE ACCESS -- COMMUNICATIONS COMPONENT TECHNOLOGY -- SPECTRUM UTILIZATION -- FINDINGS AND PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 7 Guidance and Control Technology -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- GUIDANCE AND CONTROL COMPONENTS -- Gyroscopes -- Trackers -- Accelerometers -- Reaction Wheels and Control Moment Gyroscopes -- Thrusters -- Control Electronics -- Hardened Solid-State Processor and Recorder -- Global Positioning System (GPS) -- AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS -- RADIATION HARDENING -- ELECTRONICS PACKAGING -- INTERFACES -- FINDINGS AND PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 8 Sensors for Small Spacecraft -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- NASA PROGRAMS -- DOD PROGRAMS -- FINDINGS AND PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 9 Robotics, Automation, and Artificial Intelligence -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- SMALL ROBOTIC PLANETARY EXPLORERS -- SMALL ROBOTS IN LOW EARTH ORBIT -- OTHER AGENCY PROGRAMS -- FINDINGS AND PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 10 Launch Vehicle Technology for Small Spacecraft -- BACKGROUND AND STATUS -- SMALL LAUNCH VEHICLES -- LOWERING COST OF LAUNCHING SMALL SPACECRAFT -- Use of Excess Missile Assets -- Technology Improvements -- Technologies to Reduce the Cost of Future, Expendable Launch Vehicles -- Technologies to Enable Future Recoverable, Reusable Launch Vehicles -- ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS -- PRIORITIZED RECOMMENDATIONS -- 11 Overall Findings and Recommendations -- CURRENT EMPHASIS AND JUSTIFICATION -- SMALL SPACECRAFT CAPABILITIES -- RESPONSE TO TASK STATEMENT -- Review of NASA's Small Spacecraft Technology Program. Assessment of the NASA Technology Priorities for Relevance to Small Spacecraft, Launch Vehicles, and Ground Operations -- Small Spacecraft Technologies of Other Government Agencies and Technology Efforts in Industry that are Relevant to Small… -- Technology Gaps and Overlaps -- Prioritized Areas in Which Greater Investments are Likely to Have High Payoff Considering Current and Projected Budgets, the… -- List of References -- Appendix A: Title I of the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958, as Amended (Public Law 85-568) -- Appendix B: Small Spacecraft Applications -- Small Spacecraft Surrogates for Large Spacecraft -- Non-Sun-Synchronous or Other Less Common Orbits -- Quick-Response Missions for Operational Uses -- Specialized, Narrow-Swathwidth Measurements -- ''All-Electronic" Spacecraft Constellations -- Servicing Spacecraft for Space Systems -- Deployment of Small, Robotic Planetary Explorers -- Life Science Studies for Small Spacecraft -- Mission Augmentation -- Appendix C: Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology's Small Spacecraft Technology Initiative -- GOALS -- APPROACH -- Integrated Product Development Teams -- Use of DoD and Industry Technologies -- Nonaerospace Applications -- Management -- Evaluation Procedure and Selection -- OACT SPACECRAFT AND REMOTE SENSING DIVISION: 1994 ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET -- OACT SPACECRAFT AND REMOTE SENSING DIVISION: 1995 ACTIVITIES AND BUDGET -- Appendix D: Current NASA and DoD Small Spacecraft Programs -- NASA Programs -- DoD Programs -- Appendix E: Study Participants -- Appendix F: NASA Earth-Observing Instruments.