Session
Technical Session IV: Small Satellites - Systems/Buses
Abstract
NASA's Explorer program is being expanded to include a series of "Scout-class" science missions. These small spacecraft will be supported by a Standard System, including a spacecraft bus and a transportable ground station. The system concept is being developed in anticipation of an experiment solicitation in 1988. The spacecraft will be a Sun, vertical and star pointer, momentum stabilized, with S-band communications direct to ground stations. The transportable ground stations allow Principal Investigators to assume complete control of the spacecraft. The Standard System is optional to each mission and may be used in part, in total, or not at all.
System Concepts for the Scout Explorer
NASA's Explorer program is being expanded to include a series of "Scout-class" science missions. These small spacecraft will be supported by a Standard System, including a spacecraft bus and a transportable ground station. The system concept is being developed in anticipation of an experiment solicitation in 1988. The spacecraft will be a Sun, vertical and star pointer, momentum stabilized, with S-band communications direct to ground stations. The transportable ground stations allow Principal Investigators to assume complete control of the spacecraft. The Standard System is optional to each mission and may be used in part, in total, or not at all.
