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The Planetary Society is developing a privately funded solar sail project with Cosmos Studios. The spacecraft will be developed, launched and operated in Russia.
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Cosmos 1: The First Solar Sail Send this page to a friend Join The Planetary Society! The First Solar Sail A PROJECT of THE PLANETARY SOCIETY and COSMOS STUDIOS with the Lavochkin Association and the Space Research Institute in Russia LET'S BUILD THE NEXT SOLAR SAIL!...Guidelines for parts selection and space reliability.COTS parts used in Space applications.
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JPL Electronic Parts Engineering Home L projects can access our services by contacting a Parts Interface Engineer, a Parts Engineering Specialist or other qualified personnel. General PIE LIST PES LIST Non-JPL: Our services are also available to non-JPL activities by contacting the Electronic Parts Engineering...RADiation and its Effect on Components and Systems. Updated information about RADECS association and RADECS conferences will be available on this site in English.
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RADECS homepage RADECS, RADECS association, RADECS conferences RADECS, RADECS association, RADECS conferences RADECS, RADECS association, RADECS conferences...NASA Lessons Learned Information System. Appears access is restricted to NASA and approved contractors.
http://llis.nasa.gov/
Links on satellite cost, thermal and environmental design.
http://www.ssl.umd.edu/space/design.html
SATSOFT is used for communication satellite antenna design, analysis, and coverage planning. Quickly assess antenna coverage and gain, conduct antenna sizing studies, develop shaped beam and multibeam antenna designs, and perform other satellite payload engineering tasks.
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Satellite Software Distributors Home of SATSOFT Satellite Antenna Design and Systems Engineering Software for Windows Formerly CPLAN Satellite Antenna Coverage Design Software USA International USA Analytical Graphics, Inc. 220 Valley Creek Blvd Exton, Pennsylvania 19341 Phone 610) 981-8000 Fax 610)578-1001 www.stk.com E-mail: sales@stk.com...Discovery guidelines and requirements documents. Good reference collection.
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Note that not all documents are actually located in the DPL. For these documents, an internet hyperlink has been provided via the DPL to allow download of the documents from their home location. It is incumbent upon the proposer to...A laboratory of the California Institute of Technology dedicated to developing low cost conceptual spacecraft design tools for concurrent space systems engineering.
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Untitled Document Website currently maintained by Vivek Singhal Main LSMD Main Page Frequently Asked Questions About the Facility The LSMD Team Student Research Research Opportunities Ae 107 Ae 125 SURF LSMD Projects Documents Downloads Design Projects Software Tools Miscellaneous Site Map Off-Site...Description of GAO Associates plus source of free code for space applications and support for aerospace.
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"SPACE, SPACECRAFT, SATELLITES, ORBITS, SPACE DEFENSE, GAO ASSOCIATES The information on this page is displayed in frames. Your browser can't view frames (or if you're using Internet Explorer, you've turned frame viewing off--go to Preferences under Edit and then Web Content and check Show Frames Sorry!...Provide radiation effects services including measurements, data analysis, environment defintion, and technology assessment for space applications.
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Radiation-Effects.com Your supplier for quality radiation effects work For information about radiation-effects.com's latests news and events, please visit our news page What Do We Do? We provide consulting services to Aerospace companies and agencies in support of space radiation effects. These are effects that are caused by the...NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Includes organization, key personnel, mission, activities branches, and space-related bulletin boards.
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Discovery Acquisition Program. More details on the expected AO can be found in the Notice of Intent to Release a Solicitation for NASA Discovery Investigations. The following information about Mission of Opportunity investigations is new in this AO. Under this AO, a science...An analysis of the viability of a potential manned mission to Mars.
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RPU 1999/2000 Thsis Class Project MMVS Final Report Ryerson Polytechnic University1999/2000 Thesis Class ProjectManned Mission to MarsMANNED MARS VEHICLE SYSTEM (MMVS)FINAL REPORT You need Java to see this applet. TABLE OF CONTENTS1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 MMVS Concept (Mission/Purpose and Functions, Space and Ground Segment Sketches) 1.2 Scope of Document2.0...Design of space flight instruments, providing a range of services from conceptual studies to detailed design and analysis and the definition and management of tests.
http://www.sstd.rl.ac.uk/Mectherm
Radiation environment for space.
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/wma/Background/rad_env.html
Experimental gravitational physics using drag-free satellites.
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Experimental Gravitational Physics Using Drag-Free Satellites Satellite is actually two satellites in one. A small inner, usually spherical, proof mass is located in a cavity inside of a larger normal satellite. The cavity contains sensors, capacitive or optical, which measure the position of the proof mass...Site exploring the past, present, and future of space warfare.
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Space War Web Hosting by Netfirms Free Domain Names by Netfirms...Facilitates European space industry to share information on satellite components
https://escies.org/
Provides data and tools on radiation, debris and other effects on space systems in flight. Includes scientific articles and events.
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/WMA/
Provides documentation, tools and project news from the spacecraft software section of the European Space Agency.
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TEC-SWE homepage This page uses frames and your browser does not support this. Try this....NASA's space environment program. Features overview, news, flight experiements, mathematical models and publications.
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NASA Space Environments and Effects Program Web Site Activity present and past learn more High School Lesson Plan, toolkit learn more Image Gallery SEE, SEERS images We have received word that NASA management has decided to terminate the Space Environments and Effects (SEE) Program. As a result, this...Offers an aerospace professor's comprehensive and updated collection of spacecraft design links.
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Mike Gruntman's Astronautics and Spacecraft Design. Home. Gruntman is professor of astronautics and professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Southern California (USC He is the founding director of the USC Astronautics Program and chairman of the Astronautics and Space Technology Division (ASTD) of the USC...Offers overview of courses provided in spacecraft design for engineers and scientists.
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Applied Technology Institute D and aerospace contractors. The courses provide a clear understanding of the fundamental principles and a working knowledge of current technology and applications. Boost your career. Courses are led by world-class design experts. Learn from the proven best. ABOUT ATI...Provides catalogs and specifications for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts to use in space systems.
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NASA Parts Selection List (NPSL) This site has been developed to serve as a parts selection tool for design engineers and parts engineers supporting NASA space flight programs. This site provides a detailed listing of EEE part types which the NASA EEE Parts Assurance Group...Offers comprehensive directory.
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/WMA/other.html
RADNET-Interactive contains radiation effects test data for total ionizing dose (TID)and single event effects (SEE).
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http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space
STC promotes commercially funded engineering research and technology development using the International Space Station (ISS) or other orbiting platforms as a test bed for developing and validating advanced spacecraft technology.
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Spacecraft Technology Center Home Who We are Technology Development On-Orbit Testing Experience Expertise How to get Started Copyright 2005 Privacy and Security Policy Spacecraft Technology Center A NASA Research Partnership Center Texas Engineering Experiment Station The Texas A&M University System TAMU 3118 College...Add-ons for orbiter space flight simulator created for educational purposes and includes spacecraft, satelittes, interplanetary probes and surface bases. Also competing in the virtual x-prize.
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Eclipse Aerospace Established 2004. Our goal is to create a viable spacecraft system for the Virtual X-Prize, which in the near future will open the gates to private space enterprise and space tourism. We, Eclipse Aerospace, belive that space travel is a goal for...The Rosetta mission is an interplanetary mission whose main objective is to rendezvous with and make in-situ measurements of comet 46 P/Wirtanen. Design drivers and requirements.
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ESA Science Technology: Rosetta ESAHOME SCIENCE OUTREACH RESEARCHEDUCATIONAL SUPPORT DIRECTOR'S DESK PRODEX SEARCH SOLAR SYSTEMASTROPHYSICSFUNDAMENTAL PHYSICSPAYLOAD ADVANCED CONCEPTS Mission Home Summary Fact Sheet Mission Team Orbit View News Background Science 67P/C-G Asteroids Lutetia and Steins Orbiter 3D Model Instruments Engineering Lander Instruments Mission Operations...Extensive collection of information on small satellites (nano-satellites and larger) and their uses.
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Small Satellites Home Page The anatomy of a small satellite Small Satellites Launched Future planned nano and pico satellites nano and pico satellites 10kg micro satellites micro satellites 100kg mini satellites mini satellite 500kg interplanetary small missions interplanetary small missions 500kg Specialist lists Specialist...Provides software and data repository for analysing and predicting space environment threats to spacecraft.
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GEOSHAFT This site is designed to provide information and data products to spacecraft owners, operators and engineers to assist in the investigation and mitigation of space weather related problems. This service is part of the ESA Space Weather Applications Pilot Project...Reference papers and links.
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Moved Page The page has moved to http www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/refs/sat_refs.htm Please let the manager of the site that you sent you here know about this change....Starnav 1 startracker experiment that flew on STS-107 Columbia mission.
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StarNav I Spacecraft Technology Center ...Design services for the space industry, focusing mainly on SpaceWire, the new communications standard adopted by ESA and NASA for future missions.
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SpaceWire UK Specialist providers of VHDL Intellectual Property Design Services Catalogue for information on the following Products:-ECSS-E-50-12A SpaceWire CODECECSS-E-50-12A SpaceWire Switch Core (Router)Autonomous Cascadable Dual Port FIFODigital Video PipelineRaptor-16 CISC MicroprocessorA full site index is available here for quick page selection.Latest News24 Apr 2005-New (fixed) Contact Page added. Apologies to...Describes the process of and planning for decommissioning and "parking" of geosynchronous satellites.
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Where Satellites Go When They Die To a higher plane. By Daniel Engber Answers to your questions about the news.Where Satellites Go When They DieTo a higher plane.By Daniel EngberPosted Tuesday, April 26, 2005, at 3:43 PM PT Listen to this story on NPR's Day to Day.On Tuesday a DirecTV satellite was launched...A few technical reports in PDF format covering space radiation dose minimization, radiation shielding concepts, radiation shield design, and dosimetry.
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Main Heading Goes Here The following are a list of papers published by the staff of Longhill Technologies They provide ideas and information pertaining to radiation dose, shielding, shield design, and dose modeling Click on the title to view the paper. 1. Test Results...Spacecraft design resource for amateur and commercial space vehicle construction
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www.reelspace.org.uk www.reelspace.org.uk http reelspace.org.uk/...A small satellite project to detect earthquakes from outer space, developed by students at Stanford University and Quakefinder in Palo Alto, CA
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QuakeSat Project: An innovative satellite designed to collect earthquake related signals from space. Sat is a very small satellite, 4”x4”x12 that was launched on June 30, 2003, and will provide a “proof-of-concept” for collecting ULF earthquake precursor signals from space. The design is based on the CubeSat concept where each CubeSat is 4”x4”x4...NASA Lessons Learned Information System. Appears access is restricted to NASA and approved contractors.
http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/llis/home/