DEGREE PROJECT IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, SECOND CYCLE, 30 CREDITS STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 2019 Space Transportation and Exploitation Missions offered by the VEGA Transportation System that could reshape the European Space Industry ADRIAN BUZDUGAN KTH ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCES 1 Space Transportation and Exploitation Missions offered by the VEGA Transportation System that could reshape the European Space Industry Adrian Buzdugan, Department of Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden e-mail:
[email protected] Abstract—The aim of the thesis is to provide the mission utvecklingen samt den tankta¨ marknaden for¨ systemet. Det requirements for the VEGA Transportation System (VTS), the diskuteras hur flera rymduppdrag kan slas˚ ihop sa˚ att sa˚ fa˚ equivalent of Phase 0 of a space project. The decrease in system som mojligt¨ kan hantera dessa uppdrag. Slutligen gors¨ en sizes and masses of the satellites opened the opportunity for jamf¨ orelse¨ mellan arbetet inom AVIO-projektet med ett REXUS- the light capability VEGA launchers to contribute and reshape sondraketprojekt, med tankar och lardomar¨ fran˚ bada˚ projekten. the European space value chain. VTS is envisaged to be an Slutsatser dras utifran˚ portfoljen¨ av uppdrag som tagits for¨ VTS extension of the services offered by the VEGA launcher family, i studien. VTS kommer framover¨ att fortsatta¨ analyseras samt by providing solutions and services of space transportation and motiveras med flera argument for¨ dess forb¨ attring.¨ orbital exploitation. The elaboration of this thesis followed closely a methodology for defining complex space missions discussed by Index Terms—AVIO, VEGA, VTS, VSS, Requirements, Kit authors in Methodology for requirements definition of complex approach, Modularity, Mission, Services, Space, Europe.