A Case Study in NASA-DoD - The Black Vault

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Table H-11
CASE II(B)
PROGRAM OPTION 1:
USE LEAST EXPENSIVE SPACECRAFT AND MINIMIZE NUMBER
OF FLIGHTS
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PAYLOADS PER FLIGHT
13 10 8 6
ORBIT SPACECRAFT NUMBER OF FLIGHTS -- NUMBER OF PAYLOADS/FLIGHT
1-S STPSS-LC 1 - 10 1 - 10 1 - 5 2 - 5
I-S STPSS-P 1 - 10 1 - 10 2 - 8 2 - 5
1-E AEM 1 - 8 2 - 7 3 - 6 4 - 6
1-E STPSS-LC 2 - 13 2 - 10 2 - 8 2 - 5
2 STPSS-LC 3 - 11 4 - 9 5 - 7 - 6
3 STPSS-LC 1 - 10 1 - 10 2 - 5 2 - 5
4 STPSS-LC 1 - 5 1 - 5 1 - 5 1 - 5
5 STPSS-P 1 - 8 1 - 8 1 - 8 2 - 4
6 STPSS-LC I - 3 1 - 3 1 - 3 1 - 3
7 STPSS-LC 1 - 3 1 - 3 1- 3 1 - 3
8 STPSS-P 1 - 3 1 - 3 1 -3 1 - 3
TOTAL NUMBER
OF AEM m 1 2 3 4
SPACECRAFT STPSS-LC 10 11 13 15
FLIGHTS: STPSS-P - 3 3 4 5
TOTAL NUMBER OF
FLIGHTS: 14 16 20 24
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