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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Optimal (not opportunity) orbits for rideshare payloads
Authors : Chris Pearson, Marissa Stender, Chris Loghry, Joe Maly
Published in: Proceedings of the 13th Reinventing Space Conference
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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As rideshare launches become more commonplace secomdary payloads continue to be challenged by the limited choice of orbits, upper stage restart capability and risk-averse nature of primary payloads to allow for flexibility in the development sequence. The result is that a secondary payload’s final orbit is limited by its host and the propulsion capability of the individual spacecraft, particularly so for cubesat class passengers.