Title :
Statistical analysis of spacecraft replenishment
Author_Institution :
The RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif.
Abstract :
A statistical analysis of the number of launches required to establish and maintain a system of several spacecraft is made, based on the assumption that replenishment launches can be effected immediately after failure.
Keywords :
Analysis of variance; Costs; Explosions; Failure analysis; Life estimation; Monitoring; Probability distribution; Random variables; Space vehicles; Statistical analysis;
Journal_Title :
Proceedings of the IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/PROC.1965.4475
