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Discussion
Question: May you give (rough order of magnitude)
how many PEGASUS launched small satellites you plan
to build to have an economically efficient approach
in terms of manufacturing facilities and effective
service?
Reply: That one concept was based on . -omer long-
term need for hundreds of spacccrac very low cost
to be deployed in the field for , periods. The
PEGASUS solution was a design cmstraint, but is high
in $s /lb to orbit. Multiple spacecraft launchers
for peacetime constellations and short (approximately
1 year) orbit life may make more sense. However, the
very large, high performance radar (on Delta 11) is
Close in cost to :he TACSAT goals discussed by Charlie
Heimach, et al.
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