Systems analysis of an ion-propelled orbital transfer vehicle

A systems engineering approach was used to produce a preliminary design configuration for an ion-propelled orbital transfer vehicle system. The four components of the system are: ground software, ground hardware, the orbital transfer vehicle and the space shuttle. The orbital transfer vehicle use...

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Main Author: Brewster, Richard Wyatt
Other Authors: Systems Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/46456
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12302008-063634/