Annual AIAA/Utah State University Conference on Small Satellites, 5th, Utah State University, Logan, Aug. 26-29, 1991, Proceedings

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:7167862

The present conference on small-satellites technology discusses small spacecraft activities at JPL, robotic lunar exploration using the Pegasus winged rocket and ballistic lunar capture, small spacecraft design for comet and asteroid missions, a system design for commercial microsatellite missions, a small primary solar-electric propulsion demonstration satellite, U.S. Army tactical-satellite communications, and the the DSI small satellite launcher. Also discussed are the Leostar small spacecraft for LEO communication missions, miniaturized parallel processors for small satellites, a common-pressure-vessel Ni-H battery, yaw control for solar array performance enhancement, the detection of primary and secondary cosmic radiation aboard SOESAT, a commandable rate scanner for spinning-spacecraft attitude sensing, optical processing of microwave signals for small satellite payloads, and the tracking of small satellites with translated GPS.

• OSTI ID: 7167862
• Report Number(s): CONF-9108117--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
140600* -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems
33 ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS
330000 -- Advanced Propulsion Systems
COMPUTERS
CONVERSION
DATA PROCESSING
ENERGY CONVERSION
EQUIPMENT
MEETINGS
MILITARY EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
PROPULSION SYSTEMS
PUBLIC HEALTH
SATELLITES
SOLAR CELL ARRAYS
SOLAR ENERGY CONVERSION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
SPACE FLIGHT
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT