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Scientific paper
Aug 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994stin...9510271c&link_type=abstract
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Ariane Launch Vehicle, Competition, Defense Program, Launch Vehicles, Payloads, Space Commercialization, United States, Atlas Launch Vehicles, Centaur Launch Vehicle, Communication Satellites, Costs, Launching Sites, Orbit Insertion, Titan Launch Vehicles
Scientific paper
A scenario by which the United States might regain its lost advantage in launching commercial satellites is developed using the Ariane space commercial launch company as a benchmark. Ariane's advantages are identified and low-cost recommendations for countering them are presented The four areas selected for analysis inidentifying an American strategy are launch vehicle: (1) payload characteristics; (2) delivery costs; (3) selection process; and (4) technology. Several of the recommendations require Department of Defense funding even though the primary beneficiary appears to be the commercial space sector. But this will ensure that the military has affordable access to space and it is part of a dual purpose strategy whereby government spending benefits both the public and private sector. There is also a brief discussion of other foreign launch vehicle competition.
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