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Quickstar
System Design, Capabilities and Tactical Applications
of a Sinall, Smart Space System
hK QuitStr pgun rrpcmu a Miqua Crppommiry b
puf0rmcritic.l mission, whik uing tho crecuclp.bili$a
Of ~p~0ming McDOM~U CUU@U DelU 11 ISW~S.
QUiikSlu, 7hc Compku SyUm-, povidu a hishly
clpable. lowa~l ~pIceCru\ immmnlinr a llicht-woven
kiln la fus reliibk YSUI IO &ace afiaUn;h cdu. much
below the capeclcd m.
'Il!oma, P. Gnrriwn.
Kcal T. Andason+
Ball Spnec Syslems Division
P.O. Box 1062
Bouldcr. Colado 80306
USA
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Small amrc .yawnu CUI rcvolutimiw the way govsnment
md mmnaxi.l intcruu implonat muuch strategic, mid
The QuickSllr Syitan b MI a mnapt-it is a flighbpnvm
desi@. QuickSta is a andl highly cqmblo. bwask light.
weight s v h uiq modem desi;" whdqva thu cm nm ustical space ryaIcM. To && tho implcmcnution of
cq ~lic~~~incospace~.umhorhamt~rc~~~
such system hu bocn inhibid by ha widely hcld
much Mer .nd mom d y rpre ryrrsnr. Syrm daim PsCcptDn Ihr small rytmnu IC IY)( likely lo be useful.
rrlevMt tahmlogics, pybd uplbiitier (mm, power. dum rrlilble. 01 eodcffslive. Thia negative plccphn hut
rat+ pointing, volume). .nd tactid mission rFplicatioru of small systems cm only bs mmxai by a ryslcmUic apprh his light.wcighl salcUilc at described. AI pan or the overall which dbuw specific omcam ud pml~ mission
rmdl srlcllitc sywm uchitsnuo. aporuble. hwcost multi- utility. To r k c thin d. Bdl Amspace in 1988 initid
ppwe gmund swion to support palu~tia~ VIL launch m inurnally funded cfTffl cded TECHSI'ARS. The
ud abit opentionr of tho spec segment U dm availabk. objective ol ha TECHSTARS proRrm wu UI ermine tho
The vnwtilify ud truuponabiliry buiit into the pund syrvm uchiMWa .uociued wilh amdl ryrlemr md b
rution allow plsccmrm U my govemmmt inudlation a
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hrporue the advured Icchnologia required lor the 19901
field rite.
lo pduce light.wcight rpve ryrtem h t ue highly clpable
md yet cM be poducd U bw mrf
The pr~type QuiikStu spye segment wu dcvclopal to
ride U a uarnby pybd on a McDomell Douglu Delu ll Quickssu is a pogm thu ylcs Ihe qprh md knowledge
aeries capendable launch vehicle (ELV). With lht eau8 rn rm cha TECH~TARS erroh
prformmce pvidcd by the Dclu II o( o k ELV of aimilr
configuration. U mmy U four ruellita could hc orbited U
om lime In addition, tho pqm dcscriba a QuickSW
ratclliv diguruion, incorgorating he ruw subs)nlcm
TIE QuickSur daign is a derivuive of the U. S.
ud caplbiliticr U he pololyp QuickStu. dctigmd fa s~ldom ELV (Scout or Peguus) launching#.
(iovammcnt-lundcd pl~yp rpscandk LOSAT-X.
Flgun 3-1 U a piclure of LOSAT-X in thc clem mom U 8.U
jut pior
The pogrun schedule far tho daigh
UI rhipmcnt lo Cqc Cuuveral Air Face Station
fabrication, md test of
a QuiikSur riullite syum rcflecu the lut.pccd
Delu hunch Complea 17. LOSAT-X wa~ the result of a
mvimnmmt ol a bvsou p~m. Minimal p'pr ud
much amcumt engineering gar into a schedule hi pmidca a fliphlu-rudy spxcraft urd rupprting pud
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pvcmmml push lo dncbp. lab lumch ud operate rMll
apaacrh ud complemrnury tahnologiu.
Designed by Bdl Aercapsce, tho LOSAT-X spsccndt
included M integrated avioniu suite built murid two 8x86
pmnwn. a 0.25-Gbit rryy memory. Bddcvebped
rculpn w k k ad a new widc rKld-ol-vicw (WR)V) SUI
umc~ hip &ivm diculsd Ihu lhir mmplicavd
rpvOmn fii within a vay :null envelope on a McDomll
DOU& Dclu n mcka U L vcondpy paylod ud still be
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