The NRL Precision Orbital Transfer Vehicle

Abstract

The NRL Naval Center for Space Technology (NCST) successfully completed and operated a low-cost advanced propulsion spacecraft designed for the precision orbital transfer of small satellites. This Upper Stage (U/S) launched on a Boeing Delta II from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), Florida, in June 2006 and completed the transfer and release of two experimental small satellites. NRL engineers operated the spacecraft from the NRL Blossom Point (BP) Mission Operations Center in southern Maryland.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA518212

Entities

People

  • A. Hope
  • B. P. Whalen
  • K. H. Gallelli
  • M. S. Johnson
  • R. G. Skalitzky
  • S. R. Morgan
  • S. S. Chappie
  • W. S. Vincent

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Command And Control
  • Engineers
  • Geosynchronous Orbits
  • Launch Vehicles
  • Orbits
  • Payload
  • Precision
  • Propellants
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Random Vibration
  • Simulators
  • Small Satellites
  • Space Systems
  • Spacecraft
  • Vehicles

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris
  • Space - Satellites