Launching Smallsats And Herding Cats

摘要

Much of the recent attention devoted to small-satellite launch opportunities has focused on the wave of dedicated launch vehicles under development. A presentation at the Conference on Small Satellites Aug. 10 by Carlos Niederstrasser and Warren Frick of Orbital ATK identified more than 20 such vehicles, from the existing Pegasus and Minotaur 1 to concepts still in the early design phase.