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The Role of Small Satellites in NASA and NOAA Earth Observation Programs (2000)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)
Space Studies Board (SSB)

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The Role of Small Satellites in NASA and NOAA Earth Observation Programs

Figure 6.5

Probability of mission success defined in terms of a specific number of failures: science mission model.

missions, whereas the urgency with which data are needed (time to science), tolerance to partial failure, and programmatic flexibility are factors that may override cost considerations in certain research missions.

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Earth Orbiter-1 (EO-1). 1999. Available online at <http://fdd.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/eo-1.html>.


FLORIDA TODAY Space Online. 1999. Available online at <http://www.flatoday.com/space/>.


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Rasmussen, A., and R. Tsugawa. 1997. Cost Effective Applications of Constellation Architectures of Large, Medium and Small Satellites. AIAA Paper 97-3950. Reston, Va.: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.


Sarsfield, L. 1997. The Cosmos on a Shoe String: Small Spacecraft for Space and Earth Science. MR-864-OSTP. Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, Critical Technologies Institute.

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