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Space Mission Analysis and Design, 3rd Edition
James R. Wertz and W.J. Larson (editors)
Space Technology Library, Kluwer Academic Press and Microcosm, Inc.
Available now

Mission Design and System Requirements for a Multiple-Function Orbital Transfer Vehicle
Hans F. Meissinger, John T. Collins
AIAA Space Technology Conference and Exposition
September 1999
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Low-Cost, Minimum-Size Satellites for Demonstration of Formation Flying Modes at Small, Kilometer-Size Distances
Hans F. Meissinger, John Collins, Gwynne Gurevich, Simon Dawson
13th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites
August 1999
Logan, Utah

AttSim, Attitude Simulation with Control Software in the Loop
Hans J. Koenigsmann, Gwynne Gurevich
13th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites
August 1999
Logan, Utah

Architecture for Developing an Economically Viable International, Large-Scale Lunar Colony
James R. Wertz
IAF Specialists Symposium on Novel Concepts for Smaller, Faster, Better Space Missions
April 19-21, 1999
Redondo Beach, California

Reducing Planetary Mission Cost by a Modified Launch Mode
Hans Meissinger and Simon Dawson
3rd IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions
April 27-May 1, 1998
Pasadena, California

Private, Commercial and Student-oriented Low-cost Deep-Space Missions: A Global Survey of Activity
Rex Ridenoure and Kevin Polk
3rd IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions
April 27-May 1, 1998
Pasadena, California

Low-Cost Autonomous Orbit Control About Mars: Initial Simulation Results
Simon Dawson, Leo Early, Curtis Potterveld, H.J. Koenigsmann
3rd IAA International Conference on Low-Cost Planetary Missions
April 27-May 1, 1998
Pasadena, California

Autonomous Controlled Landing On Cometary Bodies
Simon Dawson, Curtis Potterveld, Hans Koenigsmann, Leo Early
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting
February 9-11, 1998
Monterey, California

Autonomous Constellation Maintenance
James Wertz, John Collins, Simon Dawson, Hans Koenigsmann, and Curtis Potterveld
Paper presented at IAF Workshop on Satellite Constellations
November 18-19, 1997
Toulouse, France

Low-Cost Planetary Missions Utilizing Small Launch Vehicles and a Novel Launch Mode
Simon Dawson, Hans Meissinger
11th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites
September, 1997
Logan, Utah

A Low-Cost Modified Launch Mode for High-C3 Interplanetary Missions
Hans Meissinger, James Wertz and Simon Dawson
Paper presented at the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference
August 4, 1997
Sun Valley, Idaho

What's the Price of Low Cost?
James Wertz, Simon Dawson
10th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites
September, 1996
Logan, Utah

Reducing Space Mission Cost
James Wertz and Wiley Larson (editors)
Space Technology Library, Kluwer Academic Press and Microcosm, Inc.
1996

Microcosm Autonomous Navigation System On-Orbit Operation
R.W. Hosken and J. Wertz
Describes the operation of the Microcosm Autonomous Navigation System (MANS), which was launched as an Air Force Phillips Laboratory Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (TAOS) experimental payload on March 13, 1994


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