23: Launch vehicle overview
Pedro Luiz Kaled Da Cás Signal and Telecommunication Department, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Abstract
The selection of a suitable launch vehicle for CubeSat missions is as important as the orbit or the launch broker selection. The unavailability of a suitable launch vehicle can render some missions, especially scientific ones, unfeasible. Therefore a mission planner should make the most of the available carrier rockets to design an economic and efficient mission. Each of the currently operating launch vehicles has strengths and weaknesses that make each of them attractive to specific mission requirements. This chapter provides an overview of the available launch vehicles, discusses those most commonly ...
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