Session
Technical Session V: Existing Missions - What's Flying
Abstract
The Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) spacecraft is one of the most trouble-free spacecraft that NASA has launched in the last ten years. A NASA New Millennium Program (NMP) mission dedicated to validating revolutionary technologies that will be used in future government and commercial missions, EO-1 was launched in November 2000 and flies in formation with Landsat 7. As the prime contractor, Swales Aerospace designed and built the spacecraft bus, integrated and tested the EO-1 observatory, and performed launch-site operations. Developed under the faster-better-cheaper philosophy, EO-1 is an example of a successful low-cost mission. We describe the mission, its new technologies, the results of on-orbit evaluation and the keys to EO-1 success, from early design to final testing.
Earth Observing-1 Spacecraft Bus
The Earth Observing 1 (EO-1) spacecraft is one of the most trouble-free spacecraft that NASA has launched in the last ten years. A NASA New Millennium Program (NMP) mission dedicated to validating revolutionary technologies that will be used in future government and commercial missions, EO-1 was launched in November 2000 and flies in formation with Landsat 7. As the prime contractor, Swales Aerospace designed and built the spacecraft bus, integrated and tested the EO-1 observatory, and performed launch-site operations. Developed under the faster-better-cheaper philosophy, EO-1 is an example of a successful low-cost mission. We describe the mission, its new technologies, the results of on-orbit evaluation and the keys to EO-1 success, from early design to final testing.
