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Platform evolution studies
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Author | Walton, Barbara |
| Copyright Year | 1990 |
| Description | Platform evolution studies have focused on developing two types of platforms: the Geostationary Platform, for use as an observatory in NASA's Mission-to-Planet-Earth (MPE) initiative, and a co-orbiting platform, for use as a branching mechanism for the Space Station Freedom manned base. In 1989, platform evolution efforts also documented existing polar platform scares for servicing and for co-orbiting platform configurations. Shown on this viewgraph are various configurations. An Astrophysics Co-Orbiting Platform was studied during Phase B of the Space Station Program. The Stationkeeping Platform was the subject of a Goddard study. Today we will briefly describe the NASA Polar Platform and discuss the evolutionary configurations for geostationary and co-orbiting platforms. General Electric Astro-Space Division was selected to perform these studies because of its role as designer of the Polar Platform. |
| File Size | 886709 |
| Page Count | 37 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20030063201 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3fz2612z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1990-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Structural Design Feasibility Analysis Materials Selection Spacecraft Construction Materials Space Platforms Geosynchronous Orbits Orbital Servicing Trajectory Analysis Orbital Assembly Spacecraft Configurations Synchronous Platforms Payloads Large Space Structures Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
