Aerobraking to lower apogee in earth orbit with the Small Payload ORbit Transfer (SPORT™) microsatellite vehicle

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Yasser Asrul, Gloyer, Paul, Robinson, Tony, Mignogna, Adeena
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Utah State University 2001
• Subjects: TL Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics; TL787 Astronautics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/88974/7/88974_Aerobraking%20to%20lower%20apogee%20in%20earth%20orbit%20with%20the%20small%20payload.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/88974/; https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/smallsat/2001/All2001/83/

AeroAstro, Inc. and Astronautic Technology Sdn. Bhd. (a Malaysian space company) are commercially developing the Small Payload ORbit Transfer (SPORT) vehicle, which uses advanced earth aerobraking technology to achieve efficient orbit transfer from Geosynchronous-Transfer Orbit (GTO) to Low Earth...