| Title: | In-orbit spacecraft manufacturing: near-term business cases |
| Authors: | Ruslan Skomorohov, Author |
| Material Type: | ISU Individual Project |
| Publisher: | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University, 2016 |
| Size: | 1 electronic resource (vi, 45 p.) / col. ill. |
| Bibliography note: | Includes bibliographical references |
| Languages: | English |
| Description: | The recent developments in space commercialization and the entry of new private entities of various size has re-opened the question for in-space manufacturing. This report examines the viability of a broad set of initial use cases for in-orbit manufacturing around the Earth in particular, involving technology with a time horizon of 3-5 years. These include large aperture spacecraft or components, components for traditional satellites, standards-based components and nano-satellites such as cubesats, and serial production commercial satellite use cases among others. The definition of manufacturing used extends to any activity involving some or all of five main parts of the value chain including fabrication, assembly, integration, testing, and deployment. It also covers cases where maintenance, repair, upgrades, and re-deployment have significant components related to the mentioned areas. |
| ISU program : | Master of Space Studies |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=9803 |
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