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Appendix D: Current NASA and DoD Small Spacecraft Programs
Pages 124-127

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... The severe limitations imposed on spacecraft mass and cost demand technological resourcefulness and an innovative approach to program planning (StaehIe et al., 1993) a JPE also assisted the BMDO with the first MSTT spacecraft that was launched in 1992 The MST} program is designed to test miniature sensor technology.
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From page 125...
... The TIMED mission features a strong emphasis on new technology insertion to reduce mass. In support of the NASA Administrator's recent efforts to promote missions with lower cost, faster development and launch time, and higher tolerance for risk, while enhancing productivity and economic competitiveness, the Spacecraft and Remote Sensing Division was created within OACT at NASA Headquarters.
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From page 126...
... For instance, the MSTI program is designed to test lightweight sensor technology; the I ightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile program generated miniaturized components and improved propulsion technologies; and the Clementine program is demonstrating dual-use military anal civilian technology. The Naval Center for Space Technology located at the Naval Research Laboratory has developed, fabricated, launched, and operated over 80 small spacecraft since the early 1960s, including the Clementine spacecraft for BMDO.
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From page 127...
... In the future, however, NASA will no longer be able to look to the same degree to DoD as an alternative technology base. The fact that programs are being curtailed emphasizes the need for NASA to step up its activity in research and development related to small spacecraft.
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