PegaStar spacecraft concept for remote sensing missions

Robert E. Lindberg; Keith G. Lyon; Robert H. Meurer; Elizabeth A. Coxon

doi:10.1117/12.138027

10 August 1992 PegaStar spacecraft concept for remote sensing missions

Robert E. Lindberg, Keith G. Lyon, Robert H. Meurer, Elizabeth A. Coxon

Proceedings Volume 1691, Small Satellite Technologies and Applications II; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138027
Event: Aerospace Sensing, 1992, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The PegaStar small satellite platform combines functions that are common to both satellites and launch vehicles (guidance and control, power, communications and data systems), thereby eliminating the cost and weight of duplicate systems and allowing users to launch heavier and more sophisticated platforms at lower cost. PegaStar's design is based on the satellite bus integrated into the Pegasus air-launched vehicle; the PegaStar for remote sensing missions aboard the Taurus booster will involve only modest modification of the current PegaStar design.

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Robert E. Lindberg, Keith G. Lyon, Robert H. Meurer, and Elizabeth A. Coxon "PegaStar spacecraft concept for remote sensing missions", Proc. SPIE 1691, Small Satellite Technologies and Applications II, (10 August 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.138027

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