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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"launch operations"”.
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Commonality of ground systems in launch operations
… of minimizing upfront development and long-term operations and maintenance costs, success in real, large-scale engineering systems used to support launch operations is relatively unknown. A broad literature review conducted for this paper did not yield a single paper specifically addressing the …
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Impacts of Space Launch Operations on Florida East Coast Airspace Users
<p>With an increasing number of space flight operations in the United States, space flight integration into the National Airspace System (NAS) is a pertinent area of research so safe and efficient operations in NextGen airspace can be achieved. The currently implemented procedure for Florida east …
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Space launch operations and capacity modeling : a system dynamics methodology for advanced analysis of the U.S. eastern range
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 2000.
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Exploring new product launch strategies in the pharmaceutical industry: A contingency approach
… role that new products play, the firm’s product launch strategies have not been extensively studied in operations management and strategy research. This study attempts to direct attention of these fields to this important topic, which has been addressed mostly from a marketing and product …
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Building a 21st Century Multi-User Commercial Spaceport: Development and Application of the Spaceport Readiness Level Scale
… The introduction of expected suborbital launch capabilities for tourism and for orbital launch operations at an increased cadence has demonstrated a need for more capability at the spaceport level to support airport-like operational fluidity. Despite these advancements, a measure has yet …
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Design, Development, and Testing of Research Payloads on Various Suborbital Flight-Test Platforms
… commercial space industry, suborbital payload launches have become more common and accessible to researchers actively seeking solutions for problems involving prolonged space travel and future missions to Moon and Mars. Suborbital payload missions compared to orbital launches are less expensive …
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A framework for safe system design in space launch vehicles
… analysis for the test firing of NASA's Space Launch System core stage is performed using a systems-based alternative to the traditional reliability-based method. The method used, Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA), is shown to be a versatile and powerful tool in this application and by …
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Preliminary Design of an Asteroid Hopping Mission
… that its new vision is to support private space launch operations. It is anticipated that this new direction will create the need for new and innovative ideas that push the current boundaries of space exploration and contain the promise of substantial gain, both in research and capital.</p> …