Title :
Exploiting hosted payload opportunities: Surrey´s lessons learned from OTB and other missions
Author :
Bernie, Anita ; Paffett, John ; Brummitt, M.
Author_Institution :
Surrey Satellite Technol. US LLC, Englewood, CO, USA
Abstract :
In early 2012, Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (SST-US) published a press release announcing the Orbital Test Bed (OTB) mission [1]. SST-US planned OTB to launch in 2015 to flight test internally developed space technologies and deliberately oversized the platform to accommodate other secondary payloads. The press release was an invitation for external customers, with payloads looking for flight, to register interest and allow SST-US to perform preliminary accommodation feasibility analysis.
Keywords :
aircraft navigation; artificial satellites; NASA JPL; NASA interplanetary missions; National Aeronautics and Space Administration; OTB; Orbital Test Bed mission; SST-US; Surrey satellite technology; USAF navigation; United States; United States air force; hosted payload opportunities; preliminary design review; secondary payloads; space technologies; spacecraft maturity; Government; Payloads; Satellites; Schedules; Space vehicles; Standards;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5582-4
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2014.6836291
