Session
Technical Session IV: New Mission Concepts I
Abstract
The baseline concept used as the basis for the Innovative Spacecraft Study (ISA) was developed and published by Eric Sundberg and John Meekins in a white paper entitled, "Uniform Interface, Sectional Spacecraft" and a presentation, "Wireless Spacecraft". The paper proposed that it was necessary to develop a new paradigm for the design, fabrication, integration, test, launch, and operations of spacecraft because of the new geopolitical situation, long development cycles, and reduced military funding. The key assertion to the proposed new approach is the use of standard interfaces among "modularized" spacecraft sections with a high speed optical data bus for data communications. The Aerospace Corporation and MITRE were tasked to perform a study to determine the technical feasibility of such a concept and to explore the potential payoffs of such an approach to spacecraft design.
Innovative Spacecraft Architecture Study
The baseline concept used as the basis for the Innovative Spacecraft Study (ISA) was developed and published by Eric Sundberg and John Meekins in a white paper entitled, "Uniform Interface, Sectional Spacecraft" and a presentation, "Wireless Spacecraft". The paper proposed that it was necessary to develop a new paradigm for the design, fabrication, integration, test, launch, and operations of spacecraft because of the new geopolitical situation, long development cycles, and reduced military funding. The key assertion to the proposed new approach is the use of standard interfaces among "modularized" spacecraft sections with a high speed optical data bus for data communications. The Aerospace Corporation and MITRE were tasked to perform a study to determine the technical feasibility of such a concept and to explore the potential payoffs of such an approach to spacecraft design.
