Multipurpose Satellite Bus (MPS)
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1993
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1993
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Abstract
The Naval Postgraduate School Advanced Design Project sponsored by the Universities Space Research
Association Advanced Design Program is a multipurpose satellite bus (MPS). The design was initiated
from a Statement of Work (SOW) developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The SOW called for a "proposal to design a small, low-cost, lightweight, general purpose spacecraft bus
capable of accommodating any of a variety of mission payloads. Typical payloads envisioned include those
associated with meteorological, communication, surveillance and tracking, target location, and navigation
mission areas." The design project investigates two dissimilar missions, a meteorological payload and a
communications payload, mated with a single spacecraft bus with minimal modification& The MPS is
designed for launch aboard the Pegasus Air Launched Vehicle (ALV) or the Taurus Standard Small Launch
Vehicle (SSLV).
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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10 p.
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Proceedings of the NASA/USRA Advanced Design Program 7th Summer Conference
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